Craig Crawford's Trail Mix

Excellent suggestions Craig !!! I guess what I am reading here is "be real", "be human", "be civil" and respect our little blog for the community resource it is...

WOOOO WOOOO

Thank you for allowing me to babysit the regulars until you could scrub and rinse.

Good suggestions...leave them somewhere we can re-read when we need inspiration!

I bookmarked the guidelines page in case I go stark raving mad if the US stays too long in Iraq!
What an odd couple today! Senators Feingold & McCain, hand in hand, in unity against earmarks...now if they can come to consensus over foreign policy, we'll have a miracle!

Craig...did you go buy your squirrel gun like Imus suggested?
Cuz we want tulip pictures soon!!

Euro Tom...are you still in the retail petrol business?

Messieurs et mesdames... COMMENT allez-vous?

Glad to see a step forward Craig. ;0)

BTW, are any html tags allowed? Like bold or Block quote

Hello everyone
Man when I left for work this morning I thought no more TM and I was bummed !! I get home and to my surprise e-mails(thank you Craig) that TM was up and running again SPLENDID!! The rules seem to be fair and really basic common sense....I still think the best answer in most cases is to scroll past the offenders,oh its hard now the last few days its been tough for me to keep my cool...I wanted to go to that other blog this morning and go off but i reasoned the feeling away saying no to fighting fire with fire.....

Dex,

Senator McCaskill made a terrific speech about the earmarks and Republican hypocracy. It was on C-SPAN senate coverage. Not sure if it is available on the site, but she took them to the woodshed.

at the risk of violating guideline #1

here's an atta boy, a thank you and kudos on the rules and regs.

don't know about the rest of the gang, but i was in serious withdrawal mode all morning.

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0309/19588.html

"Steele trap? GOP fears grow"

"A month after Michael Steele became the first African-American chairman of the Republican National Committee, key party leaders are worried that the GOP has made a costly mistake — one that will make it even harder for them to take back power from the dominant Democratic Party."

Thank you all for stopping by the other place. It was fun playing hostess. Consider it a port in any future storms, or just join me on my regular blog: Durward Discussion at http://jdurward.blogspot.com I almost never write about politics there

http://www.salon.com/opinion/walsh/politics/2009/03/04/delay_limbaugh/index.html

"DeLay: Limbaugh's a GOP "role model"

"Imagine if the Democrats had an unelected leader of Limbaugh's stature, who in the wake of 9/11 wished for President Bush to fail -- and who got other Democrats to join him. (I say "him" because it's simply impossible to imagine a female Limbaugh, of similar unlovely temperament and appearance -- a big, pasty, sweaty, nasty Ruth Limbaugh, let's call her, railing against Bush -- getting any kind of national podium, let alone the kind Limbaugh has. Just try that thought experiment for a minute, and then try telling me sexism is history."

Does this mean that TM is back up for business!

If so, great, & many thanks to Jamie for providing a rest stop during the dustup.

Can not explain it but this a.m. I really missed TM's presence. Was also glad to see the e-mails from so many concerned with what had happened overnight.

You guys are really great.

Yeah patd,
I had to do some actual work for hours.

Hey Craig,

I haven't posted in eons, but I'm extremely curious about these new commenting rules. On the face of them, they're fair and can be followed. But truth be told, the concerns are that they will implemented unfairly by you.

The track record of this blog has been that if one is either perceived to be your friend or share an opinion with you, then they are given wide latitude in terms of their remarks. Insults can come from them and be explained away as "criticism" instead of a personal attack.

If they are not on your side on an issue, they are immediately termed a trouble maker. The echo chamber on both sides then begins to defend their "friend" and the blog degenerates into a morass. At that point, you come in with a passive aggressive ruling in favor the commenter on your side. And the cycle continues.

I think a key to having a healthy blog community is to be even handed in your comments and reprimands. Regardless of what I say or anyone else says, this is YOUR blog and if people are pissing on your carpet or throwing food in your kitchen, you need to call them out, regardless if they pat you on the back or think you're the best thing since sliced bread. Because all your guests need to feel respected, if you pick and choose who gets respected, then those who are left out will fill they have no other option than to return the disrepect back ten times harder. And no one then enjoys TM.

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Jamie
Its very nice you did that! I wish I would have known that this morning. I would have felt better knowing everyone had a place to go, all day while working I just kept wondering where on the big net could I go and get what I get at TM.....

Thanks to Jaime for the lovely cabin in the woods
and to Craig Crawford -- thanks for trying to herd cats!

tony, thanks for the politico article. the last line could well be applied to those who are carping about the pres's programs-in-the-making:

And Steele had one last broadside for his critics: “People who make judgments about something before it’s completed generally don’t know what they’re talking about.”
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0309/19588.html

I wasn't aware of the situation until just now so didn't suffer too much, but am SO glad it seems to be taken care of.

Your points are right on target, Craig, and so obvious it seems a shame they even have to be made, but there's a lot of stress going around. It seems it landed here.

Tony - great link from Salon @5:40.

Okay - Since I didn't know what was going on, I didn't know about the alternative place. I am assuming it is the Back Channel and I can't get to it, altho would like to read the comments. Has it been removed? Frankly, is it possible to have emails deleted by the sender?

I do not have Craig's email anymore, and I have had three others from family removed - not even in my deleted bin. I'm beginning to wonder if I'm dreaming these things1

New sheriff in town, eh? Good list. In a perfect world, it wouldn't be necessary, but alas...

I'm sure I'll have my own difficulties adhering to rules 2, 3, 7, and 9, and when I do, I won't begrudge anyone for calling me on it. Good luck with the new improved community, and thank you for providing it.

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Jamie
Great points regarding the current Republican Party.I keep wondering what the Republican Party will look like when the dust settles also.Will they still concern themselves with tax cuts and saying no to social programs or will they go the way that Steele says he wants the party to go?Maybe there will be someone emerge that will have new ideas or a new message or maybe they will try and reuse Reagan's or Newts?Its going to be Interesting to watch...

Still spell demagogue differently than some do....

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2009/03/more-bush-memos-to-come-or-not.html

More Bush memos??? I'd like to see some of those Cheeeny memos

Former Bush aides agree to testify before Congress over firing of US attorneys

By NEDRA PICKLER , Associated Press

WASHINGTON - Former top aides to President George W. Bush have agreed to testify before Congress under oath about the firing of federal prosecutors.
http://www.startribune.com/politics/40747217.html?elr=KArks8c7PaP3E77K_3c::D3aDhUec7PaP3E77K_0c::D3aDhUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUU

I protest the nomination of Mr. D for best comment. You're bringing up old problems; move on. In violation of rule #2, I would just like to point out that one shouldn't end a clause with a preposition, Mr. C- "To what or who you are responding". Hey, If I have to abide by new rules, I'm holding you to a higher grammatical standard. It's only fair, and you're a law school grad ;^) (God, I hate emoticons).

Finger wagging... scolding... are those the new aerobics?

Or maybe it's just the ol' Aya-toll-yah-so's calling those they damn as sinners to repent, repent, repent.

Champ,

I feel the same way about when they changed the rule on split infinitives. After a lifetime of struggling to follow that rule, suddenly -- poof -- it's gone. And I'll never get that time back.

Uh oh... there's a typo contained in the post in which I correct someone's grammar. Serves me right for violating rule #2 ;^) (still not liking' these emoticons...)

I would just say to those with grievances to this point; let bygones be bygones. Make today the first day of a new posting reality, and if you feel slighted in the future, by all means address it, but only as far back as today. Just a suggestion; I hold no authority. In the interest of the community welfare, I will shut up now. Have a good night.

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Tony, It is always good to remember that the Republican Party used to be the liberals. These ideas move back and forth across the spectrum, only the names change to protect the innocent.

The Democrats were the racists until the populists moved in and took them over.. Then they imported the Socialist and Communist inclinations in the 1930s. This was thwarted by FDR who brought in balance and saved the US from those "isms".

Then the Republicans became the racists, Newties and neocons took them over with the rise of reaganism and the importation of the born agains until they become the uglies of haters and cynics today.

The pendulum keeps swinging.

As usual I don't know the specific genesis of this just the general, usual cause.

Seems like it's time to block some IP's.

Majority usually rules. Minority has to go away.

If they won't behave, then it's get outta your house, IMHO. You can't yell fire in a theatre or bomb in an airport. Freedom has it's outer limits to preserve order in a disorderly world.

Craig, et. al. see you on FB then

tt

There are so many ways around an IP block it's to laugh.

Can only peek in for a minute, but just want to say thanks Craig, for giving us another chance. I was afraid you were going to shutdown my favorite coffee house. :)

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Jamie
Exactly!
I say to Grace(my Republican business partner) all the time that Lincoln wouldn't recognize the Republican Party of today...

"Be assured that your host will take action against chat bullies as soon as possible. "

Craig, I have faith in you not to back down to the bullies.
In Craig we trust.

Anyone else remember the old 'Games People Play' self help books? Cold pricklies and warm fuzzies. Child, adult, and parent voices?

The Air Force actually created an entire class around that for Basic Training. It was great.

It's about time. Bush aides agree to testify:

http://cbs2.com/national/Karl.Rove.Harriet.2.950606.html

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Champ -- We agree! Rum all around!

Thanks to Jamie who gave those of us in TM withdrawals morning a nice cabin in the woods.

Finally, thanks to Craig for brightening his mood so quickly and getting the TM up and running with perfectly livable new rules.

Cheers to all -- It's a bright new day. (Even though it's really night time EST.)

~Alicia

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2009/03/how-to-be-a-better-commenter.html#comment-206485

The Who- I Can See for Miles
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4BBQMjbX3c

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Nanny, Please read the guidelines again.

Chloe,

There are IPs.

And then there's them "I Pees!!!!"

How's you?

Jamie,

I'm not surprised by that. Merely amazed.

Would a hearing be cause for us to rewrite John Yoo's torture memo to the tune of Fiorello's "A Little Tin Box"?

There were many reasons why TM blew up. But, I don't think we could all agree on what those reasons were. I thought we had turned the corner recently. At least I had hoped that. I belong to the cappers egroup on Yahoo! In all the years that I've belonged there we've only had one rule: Respect thy fellow capper. That's the only golden rule we've ever had.

Alicia,

It's funny. What Craig wrote today -- and it would seem whatever he has written before -- seems to get read as though it was To The Finland Station, Part 2.

Anyway... there is a cookbook a-comin' here.

Which is quite something considering (I think) our local cuisine started a sweet guy, two slices of bread and some fried baloney.

Corey,

What kind of capers do cappers do?

Good link Champ. The lyrics are great.

I know you've deceived me, now here's a surprise
I know that you have 'cause there's magic in my eyes

I can see for miles and miles and miles and miles and miles
Oh yeah

If you think that I don't know about the little tricks you play
And never see you when deliberately you put things in my way
http://www.sing365.com/music/lyric.nsf/I-Can-See-For-Miles-lyrics-The-Who/DCA5B42A4D3D558448256977002B52C7

"And then there's them "I Pees!!!!""

Yes 911, but Craig has everything under control!

It is so good to see you back here. I hope you stick around.

Not sure if I've mentioned this here before, but I've virtually weaned myself from the toxic diet of cable news...and I highly recommend that to anyone who wants to escape the madness and gain a real sense of perspective on our momentous times.

I'm all about sit-down-and-watch-closely, destination news programming these days -- CBS Evening News followed by NewsHour. News is rated and graded and ranked and explained. Not chopped and blended and pureed and spewed.

Other than having MSNBC on during the 30 minutes on my stationary bike, I never watch it anymore. It is so liberating.

The Rove testimony...for the time being will not be made public under an agreement made with Conyers.
Phooey to that.

I just posted on Jamie's alternative spot but hesitate to re-post it here for several reasons. If you want to know what I said, just go there will you, please? It is relevant.

Champ - well said.

Tony - well said, and I couldn't agree more.

Lard - I am so sorry about the nasty trick played on you re split infinitives. I will admit to being a major aggressor on this because I am a flaming believer in split infitives. "Not to talk" is different from "to not talk" in my oppinion, so I do what I want. HA!

That makes me arrogant, I guess, but as an old English teacher, I am picky about wanting to be as specific as I can. Language is a living thing, I think, and it's going to fluctuate always. : )

Gotta get packing for a 10 day trip to NJ and Long Island.

Chloe and Champ,

One of the many nice things about Mike Myers' professional crash and burn is that he will NOT play Moonie in that movie Daltrey keeps trying to produce.

The not nice thing is that that movie had SUCH a perfect title --

"See Me! Feel Me! Naked For Your Pleasure, Keith Moon!"

Trying to make sure I don't break #1-9, I might have difficulty achieving #10.

Jamie, I didn't have time to visit earlier but where exactly is your little cabin in the woods. Is it your blog?

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123612545277023901.html

"Deficits and Fiscal Credibility"
A Democratic senator says no to a huge federal spending bill
* By EVAN BAYH

Cappers make fun of the world. We started on a website run by the Sci-Fi Channel. It was a great community that I found by accident. I met Julia there. It was a MST3K-themed internet website. The Sci-Fi Channel downloaded feeds from their programming for us to make witty captions to. The Sci-Fi Channel site shut down many years ago. We now have three "capping sites". Each with their own appeal. Along the way, we started an egroup. We've had fights there from time to time. As far as I know there have only been 2 people who have ever been banned from this group. One guy was a repeated offender of the "Respect thy capper rule". He was banned and burned all his bridges before he left. The other guy trashed the group and then said "He was leaving to go find himself." Which prompted another guy to say, "Dan left to find himself, but himself had a head start!" Here is the website I like:

http://www.hipsoda.com/caption/index.php

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Nanny STop

Hey KGC,

Don't know if you saw it already, but over at Talk Left she linked to a q&a of John Yoo.

My bet is that you (& a couple of others here) would have some much better questions for him.

He is certainly full of himself & as with just about all from the previous administration accepts no responsibility in his trashing of the U.S. Constitution.

http://www.ocregister.com/articles/government-think-legal-2323245-people-decisions

Lard,
i watch cable news, but only for the entertainment value. News hour and CBS news make head hurt.

Pat and Chris are going back and forth now about Rush and it's incredible funny. When the shows get slow I turn to Comedy Central.

Speaking of which, when is Eureka coming back on? Seems like forever.

Coreen

I saw that...yes I would have asked something besides"Mr. Yoo what's on your iphone?"

Lots of people are unhappy he still as a job at University of California.

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2009/03/how-to-be-a-better-commenter.html#comment-206506

Carol, I had a blog leftover from when Lardo was doing the "G rated sex stories" it was located at http://jamiesplace.wordpress.com/ and was the escape hatch while Craig was trying to pull it together here.

I also have a regular blog at http://jdurward.blogspot.com where I do non political things. Whenever things become too wonky here, you can usually find the regular gang at one place or the other.

Craig,

Let me out of the blogger hold. I put in two links while responding to a link and baby made three OOPS.

Yoo is on leave from Cal working at an Orange County law school but they don't want him either.

But a small group of local activists said they hope to stir up anger at the 14-year-old law school in the thick of conservative Orange County.

"Our aim is to get the man fired — he has no business being in our community," said Pat Alviso, 56, of Huntington Beach, who heads the Orange County chapter of Military Families Speak Out. Her son is a Marine serving in Afghanistan who completed two tours in Iraq.

Chapman law school alumnus Michael Penn agrees: "I think it's a black eye to the school "... To me, he's a war criminal."
http://www.mercurynews.com/nationworld/ci_11694950

Ooooh my goodness, Craig, it's rather enjoyable when you go all "firm but with a gentle hand dom" on us in here! ;~D

*squees and relurks*

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2009/03/how-to-be-a-better-commenter.html#comment-206486

You are what you are.

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Hey Bethy
Good your getting to travel.I hope you have access to a computer while your gone? I read your post at Jamie's place,very nice.I have never heard anyone complain about your post's! I have to tell you I thoroughly enjoy every last word you post , never scroll by you ever.........

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Okay. I'll commit a violation in order to point out a violation.

Nanny. If you defend a sociopath you risk getting mistaken for one.

I like most of the guides you posted, Craig, except for staying on topic. I quite often have nothing in particular to say about the topic. I also don't mind #1 saying wahoo.

The biggest problem I have, tho, is the long posting rule. Like Solar, once I get going I want to explain and that gets long. Frankly, I also like more than one or two sentences from others - helps me to get to know them.

So, there's really not much reason for me to take part. I don't want any more little voices in my head telling me I'm not acceptable. That's a promise to myself I'm going to stick

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Julie going all cute and cuddly. I'm impressed.

Hi Chloe
I probably missed you.Hope your doing good! Where's that Solar man?Probably shoveling some snow..HA,he's fun to tease.....

Jamie...don't sweat the small stuff. You landed the plane in the Hudson earlier today. So your work here is done.

At this point, you should just be sitting back and be preparing your remarks for the "Key To The City" ceremony.

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Bethy, You are conversational most of the time. When you get off on one of your tears, you are interesting. It usually has a reason for the posting. I wouldn't worry unless someone says something about it.

I don't think I've ever seen a really long post from you bethy.

There are some people that cut and paste whole books. No one reads them and they clutter up the place.

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LARDO,

Smooch................................... with feeling.

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Nanny, Pay attention to all of the posts and the aliases. If you keep defending someone who is actually ill then we have to question why.

That's all.

Craig, Thinks for the tiny url maker, I wondered how people shrunk urls...oh and imus fans have been trying to find the winning bedhead photo. I went to twitter but no photo...I mean you won already be proud display it for us. So Obama's ears make him predisposed to earmarks...SMILE.

I don't know who Jamie is talking about, but calling someone a sociopath is pretty insulting. It's out of order, a serious accusation, and doesn't foster good will on the blog. This looks like a clear violation of Rule #7, Rule #8, and possibly Rule #4 (even though she's not anonymous). Will she be disciplined? Will it goes unpunished? Or will the person reacting be disciplined?

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2009/03/how-to-be-a-better-commenter.html#comment-206490

Don1one -- I remember Transactional Analysis -- I'm OK, You're OK; Games People Play; Parent, Adult and Child -- all by Eric Berne. I loved those books -- maybe need to bring them out again. Here is a nice guide to the TA games:

http://frogsandprinces.dawntreader.net/appendixa.html

~ Alicia

Not at all, Jamie. Under the right circumstances, I respond well to that sort of thing. ;~D

“I say to Grace (my Republican business partner) all the time that Lincoln wouldn't recognize the Republican Party of today...”

Tony, why would he? Lincoln would be a Democrat today because he was more liberal than any Republican had been then. So, no, he would not “recognize the Republican Party of today”. Besides, he was more ethical. Lincoln was a liberal. That’s why I don’t like the conservatives referencing him as one of theirs.

It’s been months since I’ve been on here but I can see not much has changed!!! You all sound like the current Republican Party. No agreement!!! No leader (who doesn’t completely control).

BTW, someone mentioned tiny url's being blocked the other day. There are quite a few sites that do small urls. Like ncane.com. Maybe we can find on that works for everyone.

I just try and avoid the membership ones.

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Hi Tony, I left but decided to peek back in. I'm emailing Solar to let him know the shop's open again.

I hope all is well with you too. I always appreciate the shout out.

Bethy,
I too, read your comment and appreciate it greatly, please feel free to visit the back channel anytime you like. Thank you for taking the risk to speak your mind. I hope to see you after your holiday - safe travels.

~peace
UB

Corey

Thanks for the info and links about the capers..another corner of the intertubes to explore And quite amusing.

Let's don't fight over the rules about fighting.

tt

Thanks Alicia, that's great.

I haven't looked for it since the Internet came out.

My memory is toast today. I may have to take up drinking again. They say you have to be in the same state you were in when you learned it.

... scroll past the offenders....don't extend the problem by engaging.

Now for something a little different.

"I'm Sorry Rush"

http://www.dccc.org/content/sorry

tt

"Many are classic passive aggressives who deliberately provoke others into a counterattack followed by acts of martyrdom. Don't let the terrorists win. Do NOT acknowledge these people with refutations, disagreements or even a mention of their screen name -- even when you are directly attacked by name. Responding in kind on their level is exactly what they want you to do."

I get the feeling that Craig may just be sitting back and letting the commentors "define deviancy down" at this point.

That was such a great phrase of Moynihan's.

I'm not taking the bait. I think Champ was right -- let's just go forward. Please.

You lack discipline, Julia! *whack!* LOL!

I saw that earlier tt. It actually links in from www.imsorryrush.com

Anyone seen market odds on the Franken/Coleman battle?

"I get the feeling that Craig may just be sitting back and letting the commentors "define deviancy down" at this point."

I can't imagine that he's pleased though.
But I agree, let's just move forward.
He's asked us to ignore any abusers.

I have a foot fetish. Discuss amongst yuhselves.

"You lack discipline, Julia! *whack!* LOL!"

Wow Corey, corporal punishment!
That ought to keep us in line.

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Lardo

Ten toes. Bare to the world. Unfettered by any obscenity known as shoes.

"Go There"

PLEEEEEASE!

It's not punishment if people like it, Chloe. LOL!

Corey! You're right. Some people to love abuse (so I've heard) :)

With that in mind, Chloe, will you be ignoring Jamie? If I've said a single disrespectful word on the blog today, please point it out. However, Jamie has called someone a sociopath. That is uncalled for and should be condemned by everyone on the blog. She wasn't prodded into it. No one insulted her. She even flaunted the rules by saying she was going to break the rules. Why did she do it? She knew there wouldn't be any ramifications, and hell, why not insult someone if you're not held to the same standard as everyone else?

A community of friends, family or those meeting because of a common interest, have to hold each other accountable. It may appear to be smart to ignore people you disagree with, and that's your right. But in reality, it's shows an intolerance for differing opinions, and a too easy way to simply hear voices that correspond to the voices in your own head.

I used to think the genius of this blog was that you could debate ideas. Now, it seems to be a blog of cliques. Sort of a blogsphere version of Guys and Dolls. LOL

Welcome back Mr. Democrat.
Glad to see you taking an interest.
I don't know if I've ever told you how much I like you.
But I do hope you give it a rest and lets move on.
We all have the same goal here, at least the ones that enjoy having this place to escape to.

I am really disturbed by all the earmarks in the new budget. I heard, but don't know which ones, that there are some duplications of earmarks from the stimulus bill. Obama has his own earmark which they are working to get his name off. I guess that is a change we can believe in.

Also there is an earmark in the budget on managing pig odor. I think with this porker of a budget, that earmark comes too late.

Looks like Intrade has Franken winning. And they're already starting the 2012 election.

That's what we need, a Trailmix prediction board. Though I think the subject would change more often the bid and ask.

Mr. D

If someone is asked to leave your home and they continue to batter down the door. If they bring in their friends and gang up on you. If they keep putting on different masks and intruding on you. What would you call them?

I have no quarrel with you. All I ask is that you pay attention to all the different identities and intrustions.

scroll past the irrelevant offenders who only seek martyrdom

I'm really sorry the Rove testimony will be private. It would have been a popcorn and martini event with live blogging.

Corey,

I went into shock when Joel left MST3K. I mean SHOCK.

I knew him before as the most quietly disturbing prop comic I will ever see.

In time... I adjusted to Mike.

The capper world sounds like a great gyroscope for keeping inner worlds spinning.

ct,
"Also there is an earmark in the budget on managing pig odor. I think with this porker of a budget, that earmark comes too late."

Ahhh- a voice of reason--thanks.

Good to see you, Chloe. In the coming days, I may have time to post about things I'm interested in, particularly how the Republicans have suddenly become very politically stupid. I don't like Republicans, but I never considered them to be dumb. Now, they are dumb.

From everything I've heard there were no earmarks in the stimulus bill. Can someone name one?

Very interesting

Jamie,

Some people have voices with ears.

Others... well...

That's better Mr. D. Politics. Thanks.

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2009/03/how-to-be-a-better-commenter.html#comment-206539

Hey Chloe
Were actually here at the same time.I know you've been real busy.I remember my niece at little Emma's age,wonderful time.I also remember Ashley as a toddler and silly me not child proofing my living room well enough,oh what she did with a miniature Eiffel tower(from a then recent visit to Paris) and my beautiful wood coffee table...I'm sure you have many stories yourself....

""Also there is an earmark in the budget on managing pig odor. I think with this porker of a budget, that earmark comes too late."

Craig, I forget how to nominate a "quote of the day". If you're around, this sounds like a good one to me.

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2009/03/how-to-be-a-better-commenter.html#comment-206571

Another Stqalker Alert

Pay attention Mr. D

This is only the most recent of many.

He who thinks odor control is wasteful gov't spending has never lived near a feedlot.

Spent a week at Altus AFB and there was a pig lot right off base. Wind would shift right after breakfast.

".I'm sure you have many stories yourself...."

Ha Tony. At this age it's a lot more work than stories. But I'm really looking forward to that age where I can teach her things and take her places. I can't wait, but I am also enjoying this part too.

don1one

This article talks about earmarks...
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5injFfO8MlwJfFFF_n29IR630N94AD96NI2NG1

A friend of mine loves Joel. She worked for Air America Radio for a few years. As a result, she became friends with "TV's Frank" from MST3K, because he was working there for a brief time. BTW, Carl Levin added a $3.8 million dollar earmark for Tiger Stadium or what's left of it.

Here's the deal, Jamie. I believe in the universal theorem that for every action, there's an equal and opposite reaction. The only thing you can do is modify your behavior so that it's beyond reproach. However, you can't plead martyrdom (as Craig defined it), if you're throwing bombs yourself.

The main point is that this isn't your house. It isn't my house. Neither of us has a right to point to someone and say, "They don't belong because I don't like them." For every time you thought people were ganging up on you, I'll you thought the people coming to your defense were simply supporting a friend. Different perspectives on the same situation.

Here's a suggestion and someone mentioned this earlier: Treat this as Day One of the blog. Here's your chance to be Christlike, Buddhalike, Messiahlike, Allahlike, or Humanistlike to give people a clean slate and let bygones be bygones. It will lead to a healthier blog and healthier conversation. It will also show who is really a small person versus a big person.

Tony - you never saw any long posts of mine????????

My, my. You are very forgiving - but that's part of why you're so sweet.

Here's one for the books!

Remeber when girls/women were told it was their fault when they were attacked because they looked too sexy or feminine? The idea was to play down the fact they were females.

Well there's a new attacker at the Berkely campus who approaches women from the back and puts his hand up their skirts and tried to penetrate them digitally.

One suggestion - don't wear skirts.

Give me a break! Maybe a burka?

Become famous, help NASA name space station Node 3.

http://www.nasa.gov/externalflash/name_ISS/index.html

Corey,

How much of that Levin earmark is REALLY going to Denny McLain... a man who always is need of a bailout in more ways than one?

Doesn't everyone know that The Modern Book of Love is the DSM-IV?

I know most won't be interested in reading this, since it's from Fox News (which I don't watch as I have stopped watching that and MSNBC, etc like Lard has). But it just came out a short time ago, and some were talking about earmarks.

Lawmakers Defend Earmarks in Spending Bill
Critics of earmarks have put lawmakers, Republican and Democratic alike, on serious defense.

"...The press has been having a field day with many of the earmarks, so much so that the sponsoring lawmakers felt the need to spend much of Wednesday defending their projects on the Senate floor.

It doesn't help that many of the pet projects sound ridiculous on their face: swine odor research, tattoo removal, the "Mormon cricket," the Polynesian Voyaging Society of Honolulu, the American Lighthouse Foundation."
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/03/04/lawmakers-defend-earmarks-spending/

Hey Mr D
Welcome back! I'm glad your posting again,hope you'll stick around.I really used to get fired up at some of your opinions during the Democratic Primaries but you always defended your positions well and certainly kept things interesting....

Katherine,
That's the budget bill. I was talking about the stimulus bill.

There are what, 9,000 earmarks in the budget bill? Proves congress critters have way too much free time.

In response to the current goings on here----this is turning into a repeat of last night

For those who want to defend a person who is no longer here---why is it so important that you do so, when most others here really don't care?

If defense of that individual is so vital to your well-being why not just go where you & he can converse?

As to Jamie---if it comes to taking sides---I state clearly I stand with Jamie---she has proved her worth to most of us here many, many times.

On Monday, I was over at a friend of mine's apartment helping her set up her "Digital TV Converter," which basically means she needs to make her below-the-poverty-line rabbit ears make sense in the 21st Century world. Because she can't afford cable.

All she gives a shit about is the ability to tune to one channel for only 30 minutes each and every day to get the most important news. She doesn't care about anything else. She doesn't even watch the Orlando Magic.

Anyway, the program that happened to be on as we tuned in her set in the middle of the afternoon was the old 1960s soap opera "One Life To Live." And I said "I can't believe that stupid soap opera is still on TV." To which, she said, "What else is new?"

I'd love to get her take on Trailmix drama. Probably wouldn't even register. Get some perspective, computer people.

don1one
oops my bad. However, the same was said about the stimulus bill only technically the money could not be called 'earmarks.'

http://www.usnews.com/articles/business/economy/2009/02/19/finding-the-pork-in-the-obama-stimulus-bill.html

To me the most annoying criticism was "putting social engineering ahead of sound financial decision." I heard several otherwise rational people try to defend that statement. They could not point to a single example.

"I believe in the universal theorem that for every action, there's an equal and opposite reaction."

I do too Mr. D. Some call it Karma.
I also believe what you said about " Different perspectives on the same situation." Although when emotional, I can only see mine.

But, when you say "give people a clean slate and let bygones be bygones.", then you're contradicting yourself. Because you admitted this isn't our house. It belongs to someone else. And the rules are his to make. What we think about them doesn't matter. We just need to follow them.

But I very much like that post of yours. Wish I could say it so well.

"As to Jamie---if it comes to taking sides---I state clearly I stand with Jamie---she has proved her worth to most of us here many, many times."

Me Too!! From day one of my time on this blog......

Three cheers for Jamie's quick thinking and care to graciously provide a forum today. Three cheers for our fine host and his good nature. Glad that TM has continued. I didn't realize how much it and my friends here meant to me till iit looked like TM was history. What a strange day- at one point someone mentioned finding the white hat team, while I was wondering where the white coat team was.

"I'd love to get her take on Trailmix drama."

Remember when we were joking around about this actually being a Reality show. But is it a good one?

Then again some people can project all over others like the world was their very own suburban supermultiplex.

It's not dark yet.... but it's gettin' there......

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijiVYgvbP1M

Katherine,
There were a lot of accusations about the stimulus bill. Like the clean coal plant. But Democrats went to a lot of trouble to make sure the money wasn't earmarked for any one particular project.

Like good old Jindal when he repeated the Las Vegas meme. Though if you've ever driven up I-15 on a Friday night you know it's packed.

I couldn't believe he actually put that in his speech. Of course, that turned out to be one of the least of his problems.

"like the world was their very own suburban supermultiplex."

You mean it's not!

Denny McClain? There's a difference between "ear marks" and "bail money".

If there is another day.......i nominate "COMMENT allez vous" for comment of the day......

I wonder what's on for the Wednesday night social event at the Whitehouse.

Chloe,

Did you know that the majority of professional dominatrices are registered nurses?

oops:

Messieurs et mesdames... COMMENT allez-vous?

Posted by: 9/11 survivor (sort of) Author Profile Page | March 4, 2009 5:23 PM

Okay. Things are spiraling out of control again here. We all know how we feel. Enough said.

"Did you know that the majority of professional dominatrices are registered nurses?"

No 911. I didn't know that.
But then, I'm not a nurse. But it is good to know. :)

KGC,

I keep wondering if they're looking for Rush to declare his own rump parliament (my butt he's equipped for that) and then go all Oliver Cromwell on the country.

Chloe,

And the majority of their clients... are lawyers.

"Things are spiraling out of control again here"

Not to worry Corey. Craig said we can depend on him to handle things. And I do.

Katherine,
I don't think the Republicans can do anything, because there is no leader. They're shooting out every which way, and the largest group is the southern social conservatives. Which I think almost everyone has parted ways with.

"And the majority of their clients... are lawyers."

Ha!

Chloe and 9/11

Nurse/dominatrices
a nice symbiosis

Cbob- Don't know if you watch Imus, but thought you might like to know that Craig used your Steele ball line this morning. The highest form of flattery.

,,,,,,As I said before,,,,if one person talks to him/or any of them that defend him,, they have gained a foot in the door,,,and that is what they want,,,,another chance for him,,,and he just gloated about ,,not Craig not being able to block him...do not make any deals with him,,,and ignore all of them, if you take KGC's advise you can't go wrong,,,,,she left cos of him,,for a few months,,,and came back and has ignored him about 98% of the time that he said something to her,,,,the other 2 % was to call him a shit,,,,if one person,,,talks to them,,for no other reason than politics,,,you asked for it ,,,,,,it was all planned,,,ist one ,,,than,,2,,now you have all of them trying to make a deal,,,they think that you are suckers!

We are serene and at peace despite attempts from elsewhere to roil the waters

Yes Jamie. Like Craig asked us to do. Ignore the choppy water.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXiKClqEJgU

",if one person,,,talks to them.....you asked for it"

Yes Solar. They can only gain strength from our attention. Without it, their batteries go dead.

9/11

You are priceless.

Last night the menards & tonite we have dominatrices.

But could you let up on attorneys!

don1one

The Republicans marginalized to southern religious whack jobs. I guess Democrats will be the center left party and maybe the other party in the two party system will be the Greens. The Libertarians many more whacky people and won't find support outside of very geeky college boys and Tucker Carlson.

"one of the arts of living is for a person to be very selective about what they take personally."

911, You never fail to amaze me. That is not only an art, but a key. Thanks.

Actually, I tend to libertarian much more than I do to liberal. Though I vote moderate, picking which ever party seems least dangerous.

The one thing that really bothers me about both liberals and conservatives is that they want to tell me how to live. I haven't met a politician that is that smart.

Ron Paul had a large following all over the country. If you read his papers he was pretty understanding of what could and couldn't be implemented.

The Democrats will get arrogant and fail again. Republicans have more inertia than any other party, and have set up rules with the Democrats to make it almost impossible for any other party to participate.

This reminds me of Demerel and Ecevet in Turkey, back and forth without much ever getting done.

Not sometimes 911. Always.
You ALWAYS have to consider the source.

I remember all that. It was horrific.

Vote
With
Your
Feet
Please

Too bad Ron Paul is unelectable.
Neither is my dear old Dad, God rest his soul.

The other night, my friend and I saw the video for the Rolling Stones song "Start Me Up". My friend said,"The entire budget was $20 and that was just for cigarettes!"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ed36UQX8kXQ

Craig

I've read through the comments, If these last few hours were a test I would say we failed.

Won't blame you if you pull the plug.

Jamie thanks for the work today.

Jack

~~~~Hey everyone,
Who got kicked off the Island tonight?....have not seen Craig around his remodeled digs....Jamie what did you do with him?????

~~~~

hey I'm blocked......that was a joke...I use flying tildas

Oh, I mentioned the other night that Ron Paul won't get elected, he's not running again. I believe his wife has been ill too.

But his followers put together a large organization, which shows the interest people have in getting government out of their lives. We're well on our way to having the majority of the American people working for government and not private enterprise.

There's a large email list and a lot of interest, the right person would pick up libertarians, moderates, and old style fiscal Republicans. So there are a few more people than Tucker and a few boys still living at home.

I rarely paint with a broad brush. Keeps me out of trouble.

that would explain the weight gain

I have friends who are nurses. They would probably laugh at that, 9/11. They probably would say they weren't going to tell me if that was true.

Hold steady Trailmixers!!!

"Traditionally, an agent provocateur (plural: agents provocateurs, French for "inciting agent") is a person employed by the police or other entity to act undercover to entice or provoke another person to commit an illegal act. More generally, the term may refer to a person or group that seeks to discredit or harm another by provoking them to commit a wrong or rash action."

http://www.agentprovocateur.com/shop/shop-by-item.html?isource=MOB3

"I've read through the comments, If these last few hours were a test I would say we failed. "

I don't think so Jack. I think Craig look at it for what it is. He made the post about the rules, and everyone has been discussing them. But hopefully, we'll get on with it tomorrow and discuss politics.

Don't pay any attention to them,,,I told you that was coming

RE: dominatrices: some people talk about what they want but can't have....

Hey Solar,
I want to thank you for your comment the other night....I appreciated it. I forgot to tell you then, but thanks.

http://www.campaignforliberty.com/
Paul's the campaign for liberty has done a good job of keeping the momentum going post election. I think they can attract a very passionate group of followers but will always be a splinter group in terms of mass appeal.

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2009/03/how-to-be-a-better-commenter.html#comment-206643

That was yesterday, Jamie and I agreed yesterday I got to be right all day. Today it is her turn, so she is the one who is right. Don't know who is next. Any volunteers?

Jack

When newsgroups first came out on the internet, the bdsm group was always in the top 5 in popularity.

I always thought it was more about control of your environment than anything sexual. That would explain all of the engineers.

For the next time you're stressed.
http://www.soundsleeping.com/

Jack, me! I volunteer.

If you talk to them other than politics you might as well go and join them at their blog,,,they have just made you play their game

"secret agent"
Thank for the insight, it was an eye-opener.

Some 10 rules: looks like maybe a few short.....but Craig I know you will adjust it to make it a more friendly place. This is an excellent start.....don't you think?

CT,

I have three sources.

As I said, one was another writer who had been a high end domme for many years.

The other source was something that turned up when one of the nurses who were writing short memoirs for a collection mentioned it... and it became something others brought up, some from their own experience, others from stories I had heard, in good humor, all attributing it to working for doctors.

The other was from Larry's unpublished study. As I said, Larry was a major writer on the psychology of sexuality and sexual addiction.

That's all there is to say.

Way to go Solar. Stand tall. Soon all the bats will go back to their belfrey.

That's right Solar.
And I know. Because Jack may let me be next to be right all day. :)

http://www.kovideo.net/music/video/Depeche-Mode---Martyr/73.html

Nanny,,,if you want me to answer that ,,,please e mail me at solarcrete@comcast.net,,,,,,,,,I suggest that if you have a beef with someone,,,or just a question like this one,,,,,,give them an E mail and discuss it,, on a one by one basis,,,,,thank nanny

Very good guidelines..

Jack you gotta be quick, craig deletes all my posts in moments, cause as you can see I'm the reason for all his troubles here at PUMA.com

Wow, martyrs abound! Go ahead and fall on your swords, but can you try to not bleed all over the carpet? They just had it cleaned.

So much of the role of a nurse is to nuture so I can't see the cross over. But for years the salary for nursing wasn't that good so that I can see having to have a second job to make ends meet. You did say professional, is the pay good?

Katherine,
True, but at this point true believing Republicans are too. :^)

some people don't like to give emails out like Solar, it can put your account at risk.....seriously.

Never use the @ sign
just spell "at"

"But for years the salary for nursing wasn't that good so that I can see having to have a second job to make ends meet."

LOL again Carol!

Thank God we're only wasting electrons with this nonsense, as opposed to real paper.

But a printout of this thread, hopefully, will one day hang in the Smithsonian. In the "Our American Adventures In Psychosis" wing.

Night all. I'm still hoping things will get better around here...

poof gone......that's going to be a full time job for craig...I hope it pays well. :)

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2009/03/how-to-be-a-better-commenter.html#comment-206663

Go for it Chloe ... It's all yours after midnight.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szRNqPBmqDw

Any reposting of what I have discussed in an Email is just plain bullshit, and I did not say it,,,,so there will be not attempt to paste any of my e mail conversations,,,

Dont worry LL, it will be deleted later like the rest.

I didn't say professional.

Nor did I say perverse.

I leave that to all of you fine judges.

"Wow, martyrs abound! Go ahead and fall on your swords, but can you try to not bleed all over the carpet? They just had it cleaned."

ROFMLMAO!
I'd better go too. You guys are killin' me. Nite.

What in the world are you talking about Solar? Email are easy to make into a pdf......lawyers use them all the time in court. Ask Pogo if you like.

I can't fight my own battles, my IP has been blocked. And these people are fighting my battle, they are standing up what the believe in. But seriously champ, I think you're addorable!

Love is in the air.....
awwe

Well I am signing off to go practice with my chains and whips. Need a way to replenish all the savings I lost yesterday when I finally sold out my mutual nones. Nite all.

File this under "Be all you can be -- read!"

I did not say "The majority of nurses are dominatrices."

The study said that the majority of dominatrices were nurses.

Dommes are a wee tiny demographic even when NOT compared to nurses.

Please also read that I was EDITING A COLLECTION OF ESSAYS by oncological nurses (who asked me to do that) about their lives --

About what drew them to the profession --

About what they have had to endure in it --

About what gratifies them --

About what damages them or even breaks their hearts --

About the difficulty of being more knowledgeable in many areas than many doctors are.

Which is what led to the anecdotes I described.

I put together the first draft of the book. It is now with a real editor at a publishing house.

I think it will be a damn good read when she's done with it.

The nurses are proud of it because of its passion and its honesty. A lot of the material was truly painful for enough of them.

And those anecdotes were just a great source of comic and emotional release for them.

Back to the real world.

Craig,

Please, please PLEASE never delete this thread!

It will stand for all time as "EXHIBIT A"

Even future civilizations will understand.

"Respectful and respectable behavior is our only goal."

Craig, a good closing to the Preamble.

Like a middle school classroom.
Night all.

Solar
Hey Man what's up? I think your a smart one...I didn't work out today either,work,work! All the talk on the job today was about President Obama's statement on the stock market being like a poll..Didn't go over well with my clients,i didn't like it either...polls go up and down and don't cost folks there retirement...I don't think he really believes that...

bdsm is a perversion?

Must be reading an old psychiatric manual.

Jack

no....

but I would like to say, that even when no one was here and the door were close the sniping continued on Jamie's blog

.....and I 'd like to say for the record to OSH...I was happy about three pounds....I have been dieting since Sept...and I only have ten pounds to go...so take your snide comments and put them under your fat ass!

three pounds makes a difference when you are not huge !

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2009/03/how-to-be-a-better-commenter.html#comment-206697

Rightly or wrongly, fairly or unfairly, you're not welcome here, although I'll bet you doughnuts to dollars if you made a good-faith effort to rectify the situation amiably, you could. I wouldn't have banned you, but this isn't my blog. Apologize and conform, or find a place that will your accept behavior as it is, such as your own blog you are allowed to link here every day, for instance. I chose the former option; there's a lot of stuff I would like to say but don't for the general welfare of the community, but I don't cry like a baby that my 1st amendment rights are being violated. Give it a rest already.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roach_Motel_(product)

Jamie said
March 4, 2009 at 7:32 pm

TM is now open again, but the Manso girls are still defending their hero. Grit your teeth and try to behave. I didn’t.
_______
Jamie spoke for herself today

don't give in,,,,do not talk to them,,,,

Yeah champ you were such a stand up guy when you called me a Whore....

You are not fooling anyone.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passive-aggressive_behavior

"Passive-aggressiveness (negativistic personality trait) is a personality trait said to be marked by a pervasive pattern of negative attitudes and passive, usually disavowed resistance in interpersonal ...situations..."

This is what we're trying to get AWAY from. Are we just too sick? If we are, we are, and we're finished.
When a trolll is vanquished, move away from the damage said troll has inflicted, don't go back and re-hash every goddamn thing that troll wrote!

A. Jack- you rule.

B. Jamie- You're too good of a person to allow yourself to get sucked into their games. I'm somewhat embarrassed that I am susceptible to the same, but they make it real damn difficult, to be fair.

C. Favorite beverage time.

"take your snide comments and put them under your fat ass!"

And you pretty much spoke for yourself with that.

Yes I did, in defense of what was said on Jamie's blog. I stand by what I say even when it's not the politically correct thing to say.....can you say the same for all your comments?

Don1 - middle school? Yes, I've been noticing that, too.

Have you all decided what you're gonna do tomorrow without this place/

That was for you LL...sorry forgot to address it.

I hope the ip blocking begins soon

This is the cyber version of the Mumbai attacks. Only in this case, it's just three people holding an entire city hostage.

the furies will not be denied...............

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2009/03/how-to-be-a-better-commenter.html#comment-206725

KGC
Agreed!

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2009/03/how-to-be-a-better-commenter.html#comment-206717

Way to bring up an argument form 6 months ago, UB. I had noticed you were trying to broach the topic indirectly over the last few days, but avoided it due to a reluctance to dwell in the past. If your memory serves, as mine does, then you would remember me being chided by Mr. Crawford himself for it, and also by xrep and a few others.

Believe it or not, I'm a better man than I was then, but still not too good, because if I apologized for what I said, I take it back. Let it be on record, "I, champ, once implied (although did not directly say) UB was a whore, and offer no apologies for it. May I be judged by any and all accordingly." There, now you can move on with your life.

911

I wish there was a published source for the Dominatrixes are nurses. I would love to send it to my sister the nurse. She would love it.

Jack

I'm still pissed about Tilapia.

Don't even TRY to get me to put that toothpaste back in the tube.

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2009/03/how-to-be-a-better-commenter.html#comment-206729

Champ, I've been meaning to thank you for moderating your behavior since you first stormed in all &**&^%%$. Your commentaries have been pertinent and enjoyable.

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2009/03/how-to-be-a-better-commenter.html#comment-206734

Lardo
We are in a deppression, not everyone is as lucky as you are.
There are people in California struggling to pay their mortgage who would be happy to have that toothpaste you are wasting.

Jack

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2009/03/how-to-be-a-better-commenter.html#comment-206734

Lardo, ARe we going into mourning ... long black fish scale veils?

should I tell you that with all the pollutants around, anyting with a face is probably dangerous.

Hey Jack...don't assume it's going to waste just because I'm not putting it back in the tube. I'm sealing some window cracks with it as we speak.

Thank you, Jamie. I'm still trying to find the right balance between curmudgeonly bastard and insightful contributor, but I appreciate the recognition of my efforts.

definition:
deppression-- the overwhelming presence of Johnny Depp

Hey, I got a twofer
Honest, I only clicked submit once.

Jack

Hey Jack

No repeating...it's a violation of rule number 1 :)))

She walks these hills, in a long black veil.
She visits my grave, when the night winds wail.
Nobody knows, Lord, nobody sees,
Nobody knows how bad Tilapia is
For meeeeeee...e.eee.

(except Flatus and OSH, that is)

Well, I've been didactic enough today. Keep your pimp hand strong, Mr. C. Let KGC be the rock upon which you build your church. You rule, KGC.

kgc rules, indeed

KGC

Looks like Craig took it back, shucks

Jack

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2009/03/how-to-be-a-better-commenter.html#comment-206746

Nanny,

I thanked him for changing. I wasn't praising his former behavior. In fact, I called him on the constant swearing and name calling at the time.

Some one also kicked me off typepad. But I fooled them, I know my name so I signed back in.
Niener,niener, niener

Can't stop me, Ha ha ha

Jack

Read the suggested guidelines for commenting and it will be clear why some folks are no longer welcome.

Read the comments and it will be clear why some folks will be no longer welcome.

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2009/03/how-to-be-a-better-commenter.html#comment-206755

No, nanny, I didn't do it again, I accepted culpability for it so that you and her wouldn't be able lay blame at the feet of those who do not deserve it. Take a break; you're embarrassing yourself, and spare me the reply where you try to induce shame within me for proposing an alternative course of action for you when I have no right to do so. I get it. We all "get it".

P-Nhut

Makes no difference this place is dead

Congratulations Nanny, you win

Jack
Giving the place on last look over before he leaves for the night., It will be missed.

Dominating the comment section with the same message over and over should be a death penalty offense.

Hey Champ
You have a nice night. I'm off to bed.I sure have benefited from your posts in this thread...Like your style, as Craig says your in a league of your own....

What happened? I have been swamped......
Am I still allowed?

As always.. Best to all and good night..

PS - I need my Crawford's list .... Addiction....

Craig - Love ya man (it has been some long days)

Thanks for the explanation....

Ping....I am like you....Addicted to this place :)

Goodnight y'all!

Fifty-four years on this earth has taught me a valuable lesson that I would like to share.

Although you may feel wronged or slighted, it is best to take leave of your resentments. They are harmful to those who possess them and cannot be rectified by those whom they are directed. Bitterness is a thief.

Humankind’s problems are too numerous and our time is too short for such futility.

I don't remember who asked, but, no, I'm not going to take my computer with me. I will probably have access to one should I wish, but frankly after the last several days, I have a feeling that when I return in 10 days, the plot will be the same - kinda like that old soap opera Lard referred to - is that old thing still on?

To those of you who can restrain yourselves, why not posting for a while and let the fighters go at it? Let every post be a knock-out drag-down insult fest. Maybe it will let people wear themselves out.

I'm gonna pack.

*strolling in...reading a few posts*

Sex addiction, nurses, doms, Tilapia.

*thinking*

This is the INTERNETS. Don't read it or don't believe it or don't care what folks POST about YOU. This is NOT about YUO.

*strolling on out shaking mah head*

tt

Obama Taps Clinton Ideas but Not Clinton Herself

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/05/us/politics/05healthcare.html?_r=1

Oh dear...I think we could all use a nice deep toke or three with a glass of pinot noir as a chaser. If only there was a way to deliver such things on the internets!

(You still love us, Craig, don't you, in spite of all our flaws and extreme inability to follow even simple directions...? *quivering lip*)

Sean Hannity keeps saying he thinks it is "embarassing" that Hillary is over in China "begging" them to buy our bonds. Well guess what jack ass - the US dollar is still strong. And falling American prices only make it a more attractive investment.

What the hell was he saying when Bush was over in Saudi Arabia asking them to keep oil prices down.

Where you been all my life, Julia?

Whatever Bush was saying it wasn't, "look Rag Head, we're gonna sue ya."

Maybe you've got to"beg" with American media predicting doom. Not great promo and whjatmakes you think the dollar will stay strong? The market sure is now predicting a Grand Recession.

The salaries of the upper middle class have been rising greatly the last 8 years. And the salaries for the ultra-rich have went off the charts.

Do you think wages for truck drivers, waitresses and teachers have increased at the same rate?

No.

And it is basic economics that if you concentrate wealth into a small (but powerful) minority - then there are less people to spend it.

I read Craig's updated comment and here in lies the problem. Today's board wasn't about everyone breaking the rules. It was about specific people breaking the rules, and others reacting. And it couldn't be more clear. If I really had the motivation, I could write a long post breaking it all down.

Now, I don't care if there's any type of sanction for breaking the rules today, but it becomes a bit disingenuous when later, someone who says something that offends, and gets punished specifically. Either lay down the law from the start, equally and fairly, or understand that the divide I talked about in my first comment will remain. And those who are not favored on this blog will be blamed for not only their words, but for their presence here. And that's inherently unfair.

Maxtrue:

No - the GOP are predicting a Grand Recession. Just like the Dems were predicting one when they we trying to get power.

It is a vicious cycle of bitter partisan nonsense that this Country better get over if it wants to do what it needs to do. Lead the World.

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2009/03/how-to-be-a-better-commenter.html#comment-206554

LL .. LMAO ... had an ex who did too .. hehehe

I don't believe in equality that is achieved through government redistribution of wealth. Equality before the law is hardly the same as equity in the market place. Business generates jobs. Doctors wages have gone up because there is a greater demand for doctor's services. With Detroit reeling away from their sweet salary packages, many would love to make $1500 a week driving rigs. And immigration reform would add new pressure to wage growth.

Increase salaries for teachers as education results have gone down?

And here is something you might want to consider. The kinds of new regulatory organs Obama wishes to create may very well go against States Rights. In the regulatory push thats coming, there is great potential to further erode Constitutional checks and balances far more than those the Left claimed Bush forever changed.

See how the courts are tyring to pre-empt this political trend by reasserting the Constitution's enumeration of State's Rights.....

See Wyeth..

http://stubbornfacts.us/law/wyeth_v_levine

Out in San Jose, CA, Champ! ;~D A true socialist, always happy to share what I have!

The Democrats made the economy Obama's hammer. Boy did he use it, but a few months later he enjoyed Valentine's Day before signing the bill. During the campaign, I cautioned against this deadly drum beat. Expectations count a great deal. The Democrats have compared now to the Great Depression. Republicans have only mentioned a Great Recession along with CNN and FOX to emphasize that a poor Stimulus Plan could drag out recovery from a predictable recession into the Great Recession.

Just an opinion.....

States rights, the refuge of the narrow minded and selfish.

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2009/03/how-to-be-a-better-commenter.html#comment-206783

*tires squealing*

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2009/03/how-to-be-a-better-commenter.html#comment-206778

Craig just needs a vacation and fast, Mr. D. Give him a break. Get your ass to Hawaii, STAT, Craig.

THIS is WHY!!!

"• Angelo Mozilo, former CEO of ailing mortgage lender Countrywide Financial, made $362 million in salary, bonuses, stock-option gains and perks ranging from country club fees to personal use of corporate aircraft.

• AIG CEO Martin Sullivan received $25.4 million, including $322,000 for private use of corporate aircraft, $153,000 for car and parking, $160,000 for home security and $41,000 for financial planning.

• Former Lehman CEO Richard Fuld got $187 million.

• O'Neal of Merrill Lynch received $66 million, including $357,000 for car services and personal use of aircraft in 2007.

• Prince of Citigroup made $42 million, including $180,000 for corporate aircraft, ground transportation and security services.

• Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein made $76.2 million, including $233,000 for car and driver services and $61,000 for financial and benefits counseling services."

Etc....

AT LAST!!

"CEO pay takes a hit in bailout plan"

http://www.usatoday.com/money/companies/management/2008-09-28-executive-pay-ceo_N.htm

tt

Just look at the Health Care CEO salaries there.

It's OBSCENE!!

tt

Good morning all. What an evening. I'm still looking for the white coats.
Just to set the record straight, my ass is round, firm and fabulous!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3ogCma_XbE

i think merle wrote a song about you............

sea, you left out "so easy on the draw"

meanwhile, peeking from out the covers, looking to the left and to the right.... psst, sturge, is it safe on the trail? have the highwaymen passed on by? it's been sorta like having our own ieds out there blowing themselves to bits to tryst with their 72 like-minded virgins.

Hey you two, was thinking of both of you and honestly was sad to think of starting my days without your clever quips. Does anyone have your emails in case of emergency?

oldsea.....just leave a comment at bluescrab.blogspot.com...........

did you make it to the sea islands in ga?

has it occured to the msm that the incessent drum beat of doom and gloom only brings it on? you know, self-fullfilling prophecy and all that...
how about grasping the good news straws wherever they can like instead of saying how the auto industry is reporting a 40% drop in sales to "hey, they sold a car last month!"

Sturge- Thanks, I'll bookmark that, the blogroll was gone yesterday and couldn't remember your blogs name.
Hell no , I didn't get there, real bummer. At the last minute my son confessed that he had grad school the following weekend, which would have only given us 6 days to drive down and back. I need more time to land when I do a road trip. If I had gone you would have known cause I wanted to hit that weekly gig you do!

iow, it's hard to chum up confidence with a nor easter of bad news blasting you in the face 24/7. a little r & r time for a good scandal we can all enjoy...
a little schadenfruede for the folks, bartender. just to get us thru the territory.

If it weren't for bad news, there'd be no news at all.

Drums never stop.......

because if they do, then comes bass solo.............

cbob, beeswise, is this good news or bad news?

"It's misleading in the fact that the general public and beekeepers and now even researchers are under the impression that we've got some mysterious disorder here in our bees.

"And so researchers around the world are running round trying to find the cause of the disorder - and there's absolutely no proof that there's a disorder there."

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7925397.stm

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2009/03/how-to-be-a-better-commenter.html#comment-206791

Sea
You tell em lady! HA HA...I'm glad your here,its a magical mystical morning..TM is open for coffee and chat,in my case iced tea straight up....Yesterday morning what a bummer without you all.......

I hope ragging on Ugo Chavez is still allowed. I feel compelled to do so. Good morning all.

Good Morning All - With all the bad news, it sounds like divine retribution when one of the bad guys gets stung: Merrill Lynch CEO invested with Madoff:

http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE52414820090305?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews

If needed, my blog is open.

http://jamiesplace.wordpress.com/.

Beard and moustache championships: 2008

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJE6DDgVplg&feature=dir

You know, Blue, I have been building many Jeep Liberty doors and sending them to Venezuela this week. Be afraid. Very afraid.

Boehner's time in the tanning bed is starting to rot his brain:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/03/04/AR2009030402895.html?hpid=opinionsbox1

Venezuelan economy grew at slowest pace since 2003 due to drop in oil prices and problems in global economy

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601086&sid=as7IpB3TJ8KE&refer=latin_america

Good morning Tony and I missed you too!

sturge, did you notice that all the judges were clean-shaven? well, maybe the lady judges didn't have to shave, but one never knows.

oldsea, didn't mean to ignore your email query. as the 100% redblooded luddite that i am, just manuevering the trail here is a stretch of the envelope. agree yesterday morning finding that our gracious host had unceremoniously thrown us babies out with the dirty bath water was a blow.

patd

Here have some bubbles ... splash splash.

What's obscene about executive salaries is the sense of entitlement the CEOs exhibit. These people, in virtually all cases, are nothing more than employees of the companies where they work.

They bear none of the risk that entrepreneurs and other business owners carry with them 24-hours a day.

When the 'entitled' CEOs' businesses go belly-up, they merely take their golden parachutes and move on to the next set of corporate victims leaving the wiped-out shareholders with nothing.

Not all CEOs are like that. An example would be Bill Gates who took nothing more than a token salary during his years at Microsoft. Instead he grew the business and lived, quite well, off the appreciation of his shares of Microsoft stock.

We forgot to celebrate Vermont statehood yesterday. Just to prove political shenanigans are nothing new, it seems those who wanted to become Vermont just may have been playing both ends against the middle:

http://www.let.rug.nl/usa/B/allen/allen06.htm

Here's my baking hint for today.

In things like cakes and brownies, when the recipe or box calls for cooking oil, substitute the contents of one of those small single-serving containers of applesauce.

Unflavored applesauce works best. And, reduce the amount of other liquids to compensate for the added moisture content of the applesauce as compared with the cooking oil. No other adjustments are required.

As always, check for doneness by sticking a clean round toothpick in the center of the item being baked. If, when you remove it, it is essentially dry and free of cake batter adhering to it, then it's done.

bb receiving a porcine valve brings up a question, how is such surgery handled for muslims, orthodox jews and vegans? well forget the last one, guess there are few vegans who have arteriosclerosis. this is like the quandry faced in the case where parents denied blood transfusion to their child for religious reasons.

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2009/03/how-to-be-a-better-commenter.html#comment-206812

Flatus, Not to mention a huge charitable fund to try to make the world a better place.

You always hear this mantra from Conservatives that liberals hate rich people. No what we hate is greed and the abuse of others and those who reward themselves way beyond their worth by gouging others.

Patd

They have mechanical valves, but I don't believe they last as long.

Jack

Jack, doesn't the noise of the mechanical valves make some people crazy? Or, is that urban legend.

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2009/03/how-to-be-a-better-commenter.html#comment-206816

Jamie

That is a bit like a 2 yr old screaming "you don't love me" when he can't get his own way.

Jack

12 year-olds? Thank you, Renee! I do feel younger these days! Enjoy your vacation!

cbob, this quote from that bbc article i linked at 7:46
"...possible impact of agricultural pesticides.
It is believed these chemicals can act like alcohol on humans, disorienting the bees and causing them to get lost on the way home...." made me think that maybe the bees just flew home, tired of being hauled from east coast to west and back again. that's why the question is this good or bad news. bee scarcity is a scary thing to those of us who like to eat.

Corey, any of those doors have Kevlar liners?

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2009/03/how-to-be-a-better-commenter.html#comment-206818

flatus, add a touch of tinnitis, knuckle-cracking and one could have a bangup percussion trio.

Since it seems that bad news is the only news----it appears that regardless of the amount of $ GM received from govt, its auditors remain skeptical of its survival----coountdown to filing Chapter 11 continues.

"Auditors Raise Doubts about GM's Viability"

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/06/business/06auto.html?_r=1&hp

Cheap plastic. Some do have leather armrests, though.

You got that right, patd. That tinnitis is really annoying. And, my ophthalmologist told me that some people who have floaters in their eyes lose their marbles because of them

I did check on the mechanical valves and found this:
http://ejcts.ctsnetjournals.org/cgi/content/full/24/1/52

Sturge- walked away from the tv. Did Imus ever elaborate on his issue that isn't good? Know he is hypochondriacal but it just sounded different this morning.

Chloe, I saw what was happening last night. Decided it would be a great time to watch a movie.

Flatus

last summer my wife was talking about the noise of the cicadas. I don't remember my response but she ask me if I hear them. I said , "Yes , all year around"

Jack

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2009/03/how-to-be-a-better-commenter.html#comment-206828

flatus, so that's what happened to cheney. he never was the same after all that heart surgery. :)

"Wise people posting here"

Chloe

You are right!!

Remember it is your day to be right , all day long. So take advantage of it.

Jack

flatus, was referring to the article you linked re valves... fascinating stuff.

also can understand where seeing floaters could become the equivalent of hearing voices for some.... specially if little phrases appear on them as they float by....signs saying "eat at joes" or "braking news"... or

braking = breaking

Wow...what happened to cause Craig to ban the blog to the corner? I think the "new" rules are really the rules to a civilized society...nothing wrong with that!

I do need to report that the man with the killer gas from Phoenix will be here on March 30th to freeze the republican tumor sitting atop my husband's kidney.

And one thought, perhaps having a Comment of the Day created a rather competitive and viral environment. Many talents here.

Why I Miss Bill Clinton
" Clinton, for all his appetites and excesses, was a cautious, centrist sort of Democrat. He had innumerable ideas for things the government could do, but most were small and fairly innocuous. He was willing to go along with Republicans on some of their sound ideas -- such as balancing the budget, reforming the welfare system and expanding foreign trade.

He focused on making government better, not making it bigger. He didn't greatly enlarge Washington's role in our lives. He proclaimed -- or conceded -- that the "era of big government is over."
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-oped0305chapmanmar05,0,542633.storys over."

"I think the "new" rules are really the rules to a civilized society...nothing wrong with that!"

I think so too Blonde.

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2009/03/how-to-be-a-better-commenter.html#comment-206828

Flatus
thanks you learn something new everyday. I had never heard that.
But I guess as long as it keeps clicking you would know you are ok. A quiet spell might be a bit disturbing. Kinda like when mom was in intensive care and her monitor would quit beeping. If you are setting there you get to where you forget about the beeping until it stops. Just setting there and being a person who is clueless , it gets your attention.

Jack

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-oped0305chapmanmar05,0,542633.story

Interesting article Chloe

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2009/03/how-to-be-a-better-commenter.html#comment-206831

Good idea.
You know Flatus, I think I've gotten to the point where I can easily read around it. I enjoyed the company of a few here last night, and was laughing so hard at the things Lard said. I think the one rule that Craig asked us to follow about not responding to the offenders is the most important, imo. If we do that one thing, I think things will go smoothly. When you try to change someones mind, it's usually a losing battle.

mornin'

Looks like after an initial pissing match, things are settling down a little. Good.

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2009/03/how-to-be-a-better-commenter.html#comment-206841

Yup - now I just gotta try and be civilized.

sturg, pat, judges would-be judges in the beard and mustache competition with facial hair would be disqualified based on conflict of interest rules.

Not to excuse them, but often the golden parachutes are the quid pro quo for a non compete agreement. Now before you jump, I do agree that they are obscene in amount and I DON'T believe executive compensation is anywhere near a level that could be defended in a ratinal world.

Not to repeat bad economic news, but, well, to repeat bad economic news -

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/06/business/06auto.html?_r=1&hp

Looks like GM needs something more than a few billion bucks. I guess getting rid of Olds wasn't the ticket.

I thought so too AC.

From Rule # 3 -- "Emoticons are helpful to clarify how you want your comment to be taken." Interesting link...especially about PUCK mag and the early emoticons from teh 1800s.

Any ideas on an emoticon for "tongue in cheek?"

( < )
(<
~)

Even with the new rules, the typos are back!!

~)

Blonde, I like that one for tongue in cheek.

I liked that one, too, Chloe. Sort of like a snake tongue : )

Blondie, best of luck to your hubby. No cancer is good stuff and I don't wish it on anybody, especially not those close to friends.

btw, I don't think the comment of the day had anything to do with it. From what I could tell it started with a perceived slight and attack against the perceived slighter and defense of the slightee, defense of the slighter, escalation of the conflict, poo slinging, and on and on. Hopefully, it's done and over.

: - p

This one with a little P is poking one's tongue out. How about this one with a little D for poking it into the cheek.

: - d

It's either that or licking your nose.

Here's a whole page of emoticons. Could be fun.

http://messenger.yahoo.com/features/emoticons

Good one, too, Jamie.
: - d

Isn't it grand to be civilized?

patd, there's even an emoticon for pirate!

BW

Here is what I use ;-P

Jack

Snake tongue - too bad you can't rotate a y 90 degrees. Actually, lol sort of originated as being an indication that a comment was tongue in cheek. It became synonymous with :-). Or at least that's what someone told me way back when.

Craig...the emoticon for a timeout

:-t

(thanks to Chloe and the reference page and I noticed the pirate, too)

Jack -- very sophisticated --
BW

Here is what I use ;-P

Jack

Pogo...tongue in cheek, IMHO, needs it own emoticon

"Remember it is your day to be right , all day long. So take advantage of it."

OMG Jack. I forgot!
It feels so good to be right, even when I'm wrong.
What a feeling!!

Here's a couple more for 'Tongue in Cheek'. (why did we wait so long to do this?)
http://www.sharpened.net/glossary/emoticon.php?tongue_in_cheek

ps On that page, I like that emoticon with the J for joking.
It's so hard to make it clear when you are joking, without saying so.

Pogo

"From what I could tell it started with a perceived slight and attack against the perceived slighter and defense of the slightee, defense of the slighter, escalation of the conflict, poo slinging, and on and on."

Thank you...quite succinct! My comment was meant to be tongue in cheek about the competitive nature of the comment of the day. And finaly, thank you for the well wishes for my hubby.

jamie, saw your post about Boner's brain being rotted by his tanning sessions. I have to agree. I guess he can't see the irony of complaining about the Dems talking about Limpballs to divert attention from the economic packages and budget - while he's talking about Limpballs instead of the economic packages and budget. I figure he's well on his way to nice shade of burnt ochre, or perhaps burnt sienna.

Well there is a tongue and cheek blog...complete with Mr. Natural (I have missed him over the years).

http://tongueincheck.blogspot.com/

Blondie - I guess your comment was just a little too subtle for me to pick up the nuance - sorry. Now that you tell me, that was a perfect comment. Sorry to be dense this morning.

Hope he does well - keep us up to date.

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2009/03/how-to-be-a-better-commenter.html#comment-206863

Either that or he is a Venusian sentenced to life imprisonment here ... no human being comes in that shade of orange.

Pogo...that is "why" I need an emoticon for tongue and cheek.

Blonde, I've missed quite a few posts, and am not up on how your husband is doing (and how you're doing).
Please let us know how this treatment goes for him.

From Wiki
Tongue-in-cheek is a term used to refer to humor in which a statement, or an entire fictional work, is not meant to be taken seriously, but its lack of seriousness is subtle. The origin of its usage comes from when Spanish minstrels would perform for various dukes in the 18th century; these dukes would silently chastise the silliness of the minstrel's performances by placing their tongue firmly to the side of their cheek.

More tongue in cheek from Wiki:

"Several Internet websites —such as BT's Connected Earth[8]— assert that Kevin Mackenzie proposed -) as a joke-marker in April 1979, on the MsgGroup ARPANET mailing list. The idea was to indicate tongue-in-cheek — the hyphen represented a tongue, not a nose. Others used :-) for tongue-in-cheek, with the colon representing teeth. Also used was -:) to indicate sticking out your tongue, in derision or anger. Although similar to a sideways smiling face, the intended interpretation was different and this does not appear to have inspired the later smileys."

As a paleoblogger, I'll just use :-)

thanks, Chloe. It is not so much the fight against the cancer as it is the ride through the health care system...I can best describe the entire experience as such...
when we learned he had cancer, the process took over...I actually had the feeling I did as child when buckling into the seat of a roller coaster...when the chain link grabs the car and heads uphill for the ride of your life...really weird experience for us...living with the tumor...it is everywhere...when we go to bed at night, it is with us, when we eat, when he pees...just want it to be gone.

Good morning all -- Heckuva storm passed through last night. A bright and sunny day here on the Trail.

There was some elected GOP guy on MSNBC just now ranting and raving about how Health Care is a "privilege." Huh? When questioned by the anchor as to what he meant -- he reasserted that health care is a "privilege" not a "right" because "most people decline it." Does this man live in the real world? Does he not know about all the people who are without health insurance due to pre-existing conditions? Or for whom health insurance is simply unaffordable?

We so need universal health care -- it is a problem that will keep the US from being truly competitive.

Beautiful day here in Kansas city

Crocuses are blooming, I will try to have a picture on my blog later ,
But right now.
To heck with you people I have things to get done and a great day to do them.

See you'ns later

Jack

Okay, Pogo...when I see, : - ) from you, I know the comment will be tongue in cheek!

"living with the tumor...it is everywhere...when we go to bed at night, it is with us, when we eat, when he pees...just want it to be gone."

Oh Blonde. I don't know what to say.
So glad you have each other.
And please keep us up on things.

Jack...we have had the mildest winter...must have been all of those caterpillars in August. One of my yard turtles is already up from hibernation (way too early)...fruit trees are blooming. It should be 82 today.

"Beautiful day here in Kansas city"

Don't forget to link that picture Jack.
I'm having a real problem with my bookmarks, and keep losing your site.

Diva...amen.

Healthcare is at the core of the rotting economy...IMHO, we should have nationalized the insurance companies (all of them!). The auto industry exemplifies this issue...bailout is needed to pay for the retirees's healthcare...not for the current employees or the business.

Diva...amen.

Healthcare is at the core of the rotting economy...IMHO, we should have nationalized the insurance companies (all of them!). The auto industry exemplifies this issue...bailout is needed to pay for the retirees's healthcare...not for the current employees or the business.

For the record

I tend to use :-) to indicate I am being friendly, epescially if it is vigorous debate.

I use ;-) to say I'm joking around

;-P when I'm being totally absurd.

To further confuse things I often use none of them so just because I am engaged in vigorous debate and don't :-) doesn't mean I'm mad.
If I say "you clueless moron" it may be an indication of a temper problem.

later , really, I mean it this time.
Jack

blondie - of course I sometimes forget to insert tehe TIC marker. If I haven't put one in a coment, and without it the comment is offensive, but with it the comment is humorous, if a b it stupid, please mentally insert it for me. I would appreciate it. :-)

BTW, I also use it to indicate that I'm actually smiling - hope you can figure this out (hell, I hope I can figure this out).

Thank you, Jack...I have your "emoticon index."

: ))))))))))

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Blonde, I'll add my concern for your husband and you. Do let us know how the latest events go. We do care for you and you are missed when life keeps you away.

Thank you, Jamie...I was a bit distraught yesterday when "permalink" was up, but no comments. I felt a bit lost and (this is my thing) responsible in some way...that youthful shame of my sometimes bad behavior.

Even the pros cannot decide upon a decent emoticon for tongue and cheek

http://www.chatref.com/emoticon/tongue_in_cheek

Two more choices...

I plead guilty to responding last night. My apologies to all eavesdroppers. The "happy place" is open and I promise to run there when stressed. Everyone is welcome to go there and blow off steam in order to smile and keep scrolling here.

http://jamiesplace.wordpress.com/

OK, I just went to the recipes - dayum. I'm definitely going Mexican today for lunch. Alicia, LP loves fish tacos - but the ones he came to love are nothing compared to those - and that chili ... Sheila, goes to show the difference between chefs (like you) and cooks (like me - occasionally). And nanny, those enchiladas look unreal. I think I'm drooling.

"I felt a bit lost and (this is my thing) responsible in some way."

Blonde, mine's guilt and doubt. I guess they are more or less the same thing. Feeling responsible and guilt.

I still like this one, because it makes it clear that you are definitely joking :-J

Tell ya what, blondie - I think they're trying to make it too complicated and literal and stuff. I'll stick with :-). It works for me and is simple enough for my feeble brain to remember.

"If you see a violation, respectfully call the commenter's attention to the appropriate guideline on this page. The commenter might not be aware of our policies. If that doesn't work, report the violation to cqtrailmix@verizon.net. It is likely never going to be helpful to engage a lengthy argument with a violator in the public forum."

To argue with a fool, makes two! Here is an emoticon for the violators....

|||||: (|||| (jail time!)

Good Morning, everyone,

The March of Civilization includes the gradual civilizing of Xrepublican, who has worked by fits and starts over 30 years to tone down his combative MO. This period compasses nearly half of his life.

Perhaps someday, I shall be the good boy who plays well with the other children. If so, why not today ?

chloe...I was leaning towards that one, too, but with our new civilized behavior all emoticons are welcome here if they behave!
:-J

Blonde Wino -- I think of you and your husband frequently -- I have several friends who are in the same battle against the Big C. Did I tell you about my friend with the kidney cancer that was completely cured with surgery? He's doing great and is now the picture of health. I am hoping for the same result for your hubby. ~ Alicia

Thank you, Alicia. I really need my hubby to take care of me when the dementia sets in!

"with our new civilized behavior all emoticons are welcome here if they behave!'

Ha Blonde.
But we have to decipher them. A whole other problem. Oh well. No one said it would be easy. :-J

xrep...Welcome to blog rehab.

"with our new civilized behavior all emoticons are welcome here if they behave!'

We love you just the way you are. :) (that's just a smile, nothing more)

Thanks Pogo -- The Mexican recipes inspired me to post the fish taco recipe. We just don't have the fish tacos here on the East Coast like they have in SoCal -- or even Baja. We could -- it's not that hard to find ingredients -- but even my favorite Mex rest around here does an icky job of fish tacos. Maybe the taste is never the same as after a night of pounding cervezas at Houssong's and grabbing as many tacos as you can eat for $2 from the outdoor taco stand.

I wish I was having Mexican lunch today -- in Mexico.

Feinstein leads Dem pack in governor's race

John Wildermuth, Chronicle Staff Writer

Thursday, March 5, 2009

Sen. Dianne Feinstein is the top Democratic choice for governor next year, a new Field Poll of California voters shows, but Antonio Villaraigosa, the newly re-elected mayor of Los Angeles, is a surprisingly strong contender if the senator stays in Washington.

Attorney General Jerry Brown, a former two-term governor, takes the top spot if Feinstein is out of the race but holds only a 26 percent to 22 percent lead over Villaraigosa, who easily won a second four-year term as mayor Tuesday.

On the Republican side of the race to replace termed-out Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, former eBay CEO Meg Whitman holds a 21 percent to 18 percent edge over former Silicon Valley Rep. Tom Campbell, and Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner runs third with 7 percent. A whopping 54 percent of GOP voters remain undecided
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/03/05/MNSH1698RD.DTL&type=printable

DiFi must have made a Dorian Gray deal. She would be 78 or 79 if she is elected but she looks great. I can't believe she would give up being a senator for the mess here.

thank you, Nanny...I love enchiladas, but I am hungry for a breakfast burrito, now. MMMMmmm....green chile.

I do have to laugh at what those MX recipes made me recall. When we go to Cancun our first trip away from the hotel is always to Wal-Mart for groceries and , ummm, beverages. While we're there we eat in the W-M cafeteria in the back of the store. There's a little cart there that serves tacos al pastore - and they are invariably the best "authentic" mexican food we eat while we're in MX. Plus, they cost just 24 pesos (2-3 bucks depending on the exchange rate) for 3 of them. And we've never seen another American eating there.

Diva...you are correct about Diane...and I, too, wish I could go to Mexico for lunch...still too dangerous and 20 inmates were killed during a prison fight in Juarez yesterday....guns in the jail! The Mexican army is in Jaurez, but it is having little effect. More deaths than inany of our current wars.

"When we go to Cancun our first trip away from the hotel is always to Wal-Mart for groceries and , ummm, beverages. "

Thank the heavens for Wal-Mart.
How would we get along without them. :)

KC, man o man do I hear you about DiFi. I never understood why Corzine gave up a senate seat to become governor of NJ. It works the other way in states I've lived in - e.g. Gregg in NH, Rockefeller in WV, and Manchin hopes to follow Rockefeller's lead when Byrd retires or dies in office.

pogo...I love the guacamole in Juarez....and I love the beer although Corona is owned by Budweiser. I do not fear the food or water in Mexico...it is the chance of getting hit by a stray bullet.

chloe, I have no idea. Like sturg said oncet - "I never go to Walmart, unless Ineed to buy stuff."

I must head to work...I am so happy Craig has allowed us back to blog comments.

One last thought...I can keep an eye out for the lighting bolts with my name and number on them, but it is the random, "to whom it may concern" bolts that always snag me. Have a safe day, all!

Pogo
I guess DiFi never got over losing to Gray Davis. Davis ran ads calling her Leona Helmsley.

Blondie, juarez is a tough town.

http://www.stripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=60201

You know it is when the marines place restrictions on travel there.

And you are showing good judgment - bullets kill you a whole lot quicker than ameobas.

Whoops, KGC...meant to state you are correct about Diane. Burrito on the brain!

Thanks for the recipe, Ms Divaliscious. I like Vera Cruz cuisine. Milk solids make me so sick that I can't sleep. It also makes Sweetie sinusy, so the usual cheese-filled North Mexican fare is out of the question. When making North Mexican stuff at home, I just 1. hold the cheese, or 2. use soy or rice cheese, or 3. put in Mori-Nu xtra firm tofu.

"I never go to Walmart, unless Ineed to buy stuff."

Ha, Pogo. I agree with Sturge. That's the only reason I go there too.

An interesting read, but humongously long. I only ran across it because others were discussing Mexico this morning.

Mexico’s Other Border
For many immigrants heading north, the first dangerous crossing is not the one into the U.S. It’s southern Mexico where the peril begins.

"The word “porous” is poroso in Spanish, and you hear it from both Mexicans and Americans who study Mexico’s southern border and its increasingly complicated relationship to the United States. The U.S. wants the border made less poroso even as American employers keep demanding cheap labor and American drug users keep demanding smuggled cocaine. The drug routes and the migrant routes overlap only occasionally; organized drug smugglers prefer sea or air for most major cross-border transport. But the simplicity with which people and goods pass illegally across this border is obvious to anyone who spends time here."

http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2008/02/mexicos-southern-border/cynthia-gorney-text

RE: what we'd do without WalMart - doesn't look like we'll find out anytime soon.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/03/05/wal-mart-beats-the-street_n_172079.html

weather-related sigh of relief - 52 degrees and sunny - and climbing. Not bad considering the skin of ice onthe river this morning.

Lime, cilantro, & fish based cuisine of the Atlantic Coast is an entirely different matter.

There is a hole-in-the-wall 'Baja Grill' restaurant in Roseville MN that has offered decent fish tacos for ages - w/o cheese if you like. There once was a fine Vera Cruz style restaurant on Selby Avenue in St. Paul called La Corvina, that produced heavenly meals. The wait staff wasn't up to the quality of the chef, which I think is why it closed. Order a dish w/o cheese and she'd forget to write it down. Complain, and she'd take it into the kitchen and scrape a little off. Too bad.

Mexican cuisine...holy mole'
lots of good cheeseless stuff

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Alicia

Just the lead in to the Ensenada Fish Tacos brought back memories of the city, Hussongs, and the tacos. I had never had fish tacos before going there and had to be talked into the first one. After that I became a life time addict.

I used to go there often in the 70s before it became a cruise stop. Even then you didn't go into Hussongs on the weekend. During the week it was wonderful with all the expats gathering to play board games, read and chat. I doubt it is still there after more than 30 years, but one of the caricatures on the wall was me.

xrepub..

Oregon's minimum wage is $8.40..$6.50 is so low..

Minty Freshness vs Fish Heads -

The age old struggle.

"$6.50 is so low."

That's about what it is here too. $6.50 last I heard.

Wage and Hour Division (WHD)
http://www.dol.gov/esa/minwage/america.htm

Here it is state by state.
Apparently wages go up in July.

The Art Market project here in Sand Storm City is at 46 % of our goal .....

We're going for our 3rd record breaking day here. 89 yesterday ...... 90 today . Wind speeds to 45 mph. Yum

Thanks Chloe, I like you, too.

Truemax, I read & reread yours and Warren's comments. Republicans are always saying that if you raise taxes, you depress (kill, if it's rush or oreilly yakking) business. So, how about not giving teachers raises, but only tax the lousy ones ? In this way, we reach efficiency through taxation, right ? This is much Kinder and Gentler than renditioning them to a torture chamber in Moldova, doncha think ?

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2009/03/how-to-be-a-better-commenter.html#comment-206933

XR

What do teachers' really want? Isn't it enough that we tell the kids to bring toilet paper and don't make the teachers pay to copy the books for the kids most of the time.

Phrase of the Day -

Heavy mulch

Water rates here are set rise by 40%. My water harvesting page is set to be more popular. Reality comes crashing into my little corner of Redneckia.

Am I the only one who missed Craigs update at the top of the page today. I never looked, because I knew we were still on the same thread. It looks like he wasn't terribly pleased, but he's not going to sink the ship either.

"Redneckia"

.. my favorite place to be. :)

MN's governot, "Potholes Aplenty," vetoes increases in the minimum wage passed by the House & Senate. Apparently, making $8/hr. is outrageously high, and will bust the MN corps with big payrolls, like 3M, BNSF, NWA, the NFL Vikings, the MLB Twins, the NHL wilt, the NBA timmy pups, Cleveland Cliffs, Hormel, General Mills, Pillsbury, and the Mayo Clinic. You can see his point, surely.

Btw, "Potholes" is proud to present a brand new I35W bridge, and says the last one wasn't HIS fault. We will pay for this new bridge by foregoing maintenance on all sections of Interstates that don't run through the suburbs far as long as Potholes is our governot.

Cbob

mulch is good

Also planting for you climate.

I still remember being in Reno NV and seeing some national chain store trying to make their lawn look like it was back east where the mother store started.
A waste of a lot of water.

Jack

Cartoon of the day

Enjoy

http://davies.lohudblogs.com/files/2009/02/0227davies.jpg

My fave was from TDS or Colbert...the Peoples' Republic of Passiva Aggressiva...reminded me of this place at times.

Re: South America --- Didn't W buy some land in Paraguay last year?

"Trail Mixers are an unruly bunch and I would not have expected our first-ever attempt at establishing order to go smoothly."

Craig, You're making us better people. :)

he's not going to sink the ship either.
Posted by: chloe | March 5, 2009 12:23 PM
sigh of relief

"sigh of relief"

Me too Sea.

Nato to resume Russian contacts

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7925944.stm

Jack -
Mulch is very good ...... Going to do some experimenting with Urea this year downtown .
( Note to non gardeners : Urea is the rocket fuel of the nitrogen fertilizers . )

I saw your page a few weeks ago, plant dill for the Swallow Tail Butterfly.

The one good thing about less gardening work for me is that I no longer play a role in my former clients lack of xeriscaping or conscience. They make me ill with their selfish obsession for green grass.

The Daily Beast has a good group of links on the Prop 8 ruling and the State Supreme Court expected to act today.

http://www.thedailybeast.com/big-fat-story/2009-03-05/prop-8-goes-to-court-/

If you missed this last night , take the time to watch ........

Jon Stewart Eviscerates CNBC, Santelli On Daily Show (VIDEO)

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/03/05/jon-stewart-eviscerates-c_n_172057.html

Colorado Bob and other gardeners. I recomend Dried Blood as a 100 percent Organic/Natural Nitrogen fixative. Espoma makes it in a 20 lb bag about 20 dollars. Out to buy some Shallot bulbs for spring planting.

Gardening column will be opening soon. LOL

AC- It is good but it attracts little critters.

We have been experimenting with urea in our garden for many years, the tourists leaving the bar down the street even help sometimes.

Animal -

Roger that on blood meal ........... Much cheaper at the feed store by the bag, rather than the 2 lb. box at Wally World.
Same goes for bone meal. My composting machine, which is half way installed -
The Biological Furnace -

http://push.pickensplan.com/photo/2187034:Photo:303931?context=user

So the red army busheviks are gonna testify after all. Good idea, 'cuz claiming Executive Privilege only works when your co-conspiring Executive is in office.

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2009/03/how-to-be-a-better-commenter.html#comment-206952

Saw a story just the other day about what a pain it is to deal with urine in the sewer stream . Lots of extra energy and time to deal with all the water / fluid.

Organic gardeners pee on their compost .....
Dancing smiley face here.

OSH, do I hear you on the grass obsession or what? With 1.8 acres of way too fertile ground, I spend way too much of the pleasant months keeping it short enough to cut - and I spend about half the time my friends with much smaller yards do. My next door neighbor who has about 200 square feet of grass in his back yard - and for him it's 200 square feet too much - thinks I'm nuts when I put stuff on it that keeps the tall weeds beat back - he thinks I'm trying to make grass grow because it says turf builder on the bag when I'm actually just trying to make tall weeds die so I don't have to cut it as often - I kinda like the clover and can tolerate the dandelions, al though Mrs. P hates dandelions. Must come from growing up in the Cleveland 'burbs instead of the angry heat of the Birmingham fringes. She wants a lawn - I'm happy with a yard.

Mad Mustard -
Here's yer "Atta Boy"

Bitterness is indeed a thief. It picks the pocket of your heart.

Off to other things ......

Shiny side up, rubber side down.

Pogo -
Wild flowers.

One more thing -

It rained in Australia :

Worst of Australian wildfire season declared over

http://www.terradaily.com/reports/Worst_of_Australian_wildfire_season_declared_over_999.html

I have a little postage stamp of a yard where there is grass and weeds in the spring , it burns out in the heat of summer then comes back in Sept. I have a business next to my house and know it would look more neat and tidy green, but I care more about our Earth and her water than everyones' sensibilities. Would like to get rid of the grubs though, milky white spore just never gets high enough in my discretionary money priorities. That dang stuff is expensive!

Bob, got them - at least in one bed - about 8x80 - plus a couple of other plots here and there. Front yard gets just about enough sun to keep grass alive, back gets full sun - north 40 is about half/half, and the dark half barely sustains grass growth. And if it takes effort, forget it - my life isn't at all built around making my lawn look good for the neighbors. Except for the very early summer when the cool, damp conditions make grass grow fast enough to hear, I get by with about an hour and a half every ten or so days. And this year, LP is old enough to cut the grass - good for me, good for him, life is good.

Mrs. P would never go the wildflower instead of grass route - it's what they do in the medians around here and she says they look like hell. I do put them here and there, but it's a lot of property to try and do much with - if you're a lazy shit like me who'd rather do things like ride a bike or play golf, that is. She's more of a lawn and shrubs type and I'm more of a yard and bushes type.

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2009/03/how-to-be-a-better-commenter.html#comment-206956

pogo, get a goat or go to one of these rent-a-sheep places (they rent out the critters to take care of kudzu). possible bonus on the goat is feta cheese... and alternate transportation when we run out of oil.
back in merry ole england, the great estates used to be trimmed tidily by the woolly beasties.... quiter than mowers and come with their own fertilizer.

oldsea, those grubs might come in handy someday.

http://www.wonderhowto.com/how-to/video/how-to-eat-grubs-for-survival-53494/

Patd- Hope I never get that hungry!

On my fav radio stations page ... WEBN..
from the files of wtf were they thinking of???

Man uses pot to mellow kitty

A man was brought up on a number of charges after sheriff's deputies allegedly caught him smoking marijuana from the homemade contraption with his cat.
Wednesday, March 4, 2009

http://www.webn.com/cc-common/news/sections/newsarticle.html?feed=104673&article=5101828

I guess he never heard of Catnip!! hmph! sick, hope the poor kitten is ok ...

Viv

xr, don't get too excited about puffy and the other criminals testifying before congress. It's only the blanket assertion of executive privilege to preclude even showing up that has been foregone. There are still the claims of attorney-client privilege (myers), qualified "executive advice" immunity and the good old 5th amendment privilege against self-incrimination. Bet that a deal has been or will be struck so that IF they testify to anything of substance, it will be under a use privilege or privilege against prosecution at all agreement with Congress and the DoJ, leaving us with a somewhat unsatisfying "See, they were criminals" smirk but no prosecution or jail time for the crimes they committed.

Pogo,

Just minutes ago near the banks of the Cahaba River, my daugther noted, "Kudzu's growing." Two inches of March snow woke it up.

"The droghte of March hath perced to the roote,
And bathed every veyne in swich licour
Of which vertu engendred is the flour." (Chaucer)

Viv

Follow up on Bong Kitty said that it was safely at the humane society awaiting adoption. Only comment on condition was: The cat seemed very dazed at first. but seems fine now.

Ivy, I used to teach canoeing on the Cahaba for UAB with a guy named John Foshee. Seen kudzu there for a fact. My sister used to live out in Pinson Valley, and to get to her house I had to drive past a field with an abandoned barn on it - there was a power pole and a half dozen trees next to it . The field was maybe 100 acres, 10 of which, including the barn, trees and power pole (with wires) were covered with kudzu. It's amazing stuff. I always contended that if you really want to get into biological warfare, you would crossbreed kudzu and poison ivy and airdrop the seeds over you enemy's lands. And I always suspected that you could propogate the stuff by putting it in a blender and pouring what came out on the ground. Me, I prefer honeysuckle.

Same Sex Prop 8 Supreme Court hearing is streaming live at

http://cnn.com/live

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2009/03/how-to-be-a-better-commenter.html#comment-206971

"...crossbreed kudzu and poison ivy and airdrop the seeds...

Pogo,

That was the battle plan at the Alabama border when we heard the Russians had invaded Georgia.

TOP TEN WAYS TO BE A BETTER COMMENTER

Craig that is really a very sensible approach. But is it feasible.

Contribute new information to the discussion.
OK, but does new mean correct and can the person substantiate his post without subcoming to name calling?

Nobody likes a know-it-all.
Are we talking about the presenter, or the responder?

Be careful about your tone.
That one is tricky, since email is all about conjecture.
It really depends on how one wants to decipher your comments.

Own your comment.
That would be refreshing.

Be succinct.
Use Twitter to compose your post.

Cite your sources with links or inline quoting.
But not more than 3, and make sure your sources are from a reliable PC source of your choosing.

Be clear about the subject or person you're addressing.
Another point which gets over looked more times than not.

Be courteous.
But only if you agree with the point. If the person is posting an opinion in direct opposition to yours than you can call them a fascist, dictator, baby killer, racist, Neanderthal, homophobe, sexist, etc..

Do not feed the trolls.
This is on the same order as trying to distinguish which eel belongs to whom in a slither pile of eels. One person's "Troll" is another person's hero. Trolls have even been known to speak the truth.

Most of all, have fun.
As your mother may have told you, "Play nice, don't throw sticks or stones."

Truth, I seriously doubt that Craig is under any illusion that something approaching compliance with those guidelines will be achieved so long as like people comment here. He has been around the block more than once and is a pretty smart guy. Hey, he went to law school and everything. I kinda like the new guidelines - if nothing else, they can remind us of what the rules of civilized society (should) look like. Was it chloe sho said that? Thangs are calm her during the day for the most part, but when the sun starts to set, something happens. Maybe the vampires wake up. Anywho, let's see how things go here. With over 500 comments in the last 22 hours, no server meltdowns yet, and a few cross words and apologies it looks to me like things are going well enough.

"...crossbreed kudzu and poison ivy and airdrop the seeds...

That was the battle plan at the Alabama border when we heard the Russians had invaded Georgia.
Posted by: Ivy Green | March 5, 2009 2:56 PM

LOL Ivy!
.......

"Play nice, don't throw sticks or stones." TruthinReality

..... and keep in mind that words will never hurt you.

...........
Blonde said that pogo. I just agreed with her.
As a matter of fact, I can't recall myself ever using the word 'civilized'. :)

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Thanks Jamie for the follow up ... it makes me so angry when I hear of things like this ...

You could say that stupidity seems to be the Theme of our times now .. financial mess the end result ...

Viv

I knew SOMEONE said it - I just have too bad a memory to remember and am too lazy to go look. And I imagine she used the word in its figurative sense, everything being relative and all.

We have a version of kudzu --ludwegia

KC, you mean the aquatic plant? Between ludwegia and kudzu, it's a miracle the earth and its waters aren't completely covered over and choked off.

"Must come from growing up in the Cleveland 'burbs instead of the angry heat of the Birmingham fringes. She wants a lawn - I'm happy with a yard."

Pogo, I agree with your missus, Stinky's winter and springtime rituals involve searching for and extracting every nascent weed in our yard. And, as you know, she was born in the Deep South.

The weed control companies hate her for her efforts. When they spray, they do nothing beyond killing everything expecting people to believe that is the best that can be done. Likewise with the landscaping people who make people believe that every trimmed blade of grass must be vacuumed from the property and whisked away to God knows where.

Our annuals self-seed from year-to-year, and our veggies are all grown from seed. Everything we grow, we convert into mulch when the harvest is finished.

Our yard makes people like Pogo crazy because it's the yard that people like Mrs P use as exemplars during their 'counseling' sessions.

So, Pogo, man up and do as she says. :))

"Maybe the vampires wake up. Anywho, let's see how things go here. "

Wood stakes available--cheap! :)

if we could get CBob to start to work on making kudzu
into a clean burning bio-fuel all our energy problems would be over
The Kudzu Power & Light Co
that sounds good

bet it was hungry too, I always am after I climb out my bong.

Pogo

Yes the harmless little acquarium plant when unleased went crazy. According to local legend someone poor fool dumped their aquarium in the river, down the toilet who knows but it ended up in the local waterways. In all likely hood more than one dumper, but local story tellers like the idea of one dumper ---makes the spread much more dramatic.

All I can think is that is must be 'really' boring at that other place. Why else be over here instead.

I don't think I'm breaking any rules by saying that, because I'm not addressing anyone by name. I may be breaking the rule to be clear, but I promise to do it only this once.

Ralphie barks a lot in his sleep, but I suspect his mother had a crack problem.

Flatus, when I retire, maybe. Until then, if turf builder, sheet mulching and cutting the grass (or leaves in the fall) every 10 days doesn't satisfy her, she can hire a lawn service. I have a lawn a couple of houses away that gets held up to me all too frequently. But JJ spends more time on his John Deere (for a 1/4 acre lawn more or less) than anyone should. No, your yard wouldn't make me crazy - I've manned up and learned to ignore the comments about yards like yours.

I saw a flick about kudzu and goats on RFD-TV. I think it was produced by the Univ of Kentucky extension institute. They have been trying several different approaches.

So far, the bottom line seems to be that goats can't keep up with the noxious weed. And, that the weed itself doesn't provide complete nutrition.

So, maybe if we plant it along the Rio Grande...

Damn DOW is off anothe 277 points right now, with just nine minutes to close.

Where is the floor? I don't even need to be standing on it. I'd just like to be able to SEE it at some point.

cause I like fuckin with your head chloe!

And here's what we have to look forward to on Friday....

Why a Lousy Jobs Report Could Actually Help Stocks

Investors have been searching for that vital capitulation point where complete despair sets in and stocks form a true bottom. A higher-than-expected jobless rate could set the stage for that and spark a long-overdue rally in what most agree is a highly oversold market.

"Maybe that could finally raise some alarm bells and we get a big down, 300 to 400 points at the open," says Chip Hanlon, president of Delta Global Advisors in Huntington Beach, Calif. "It sounds gruesome, but I think that might finally be the type of capitulation that they've overreacted to bad news. That might finally wash out the last few sellers and signal that at least investors are paying attention."

http://www.cnbc.com/id/29530608

please, no body say anything. de nada

Chloe...eyes forward, hands on wheel, deep breath...
Much better now.

No problem Lard. I'm totally unphased by most everything at this point. I've had about a year to learn.

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Pogo

At least sell her on the idea of water conservation. Long gass conserves water, stays healthier, resists weeds and saves money. Then there is always the possibility of fake grass that never needs to be mowed at all.

http://www.ehow.com/how_2165114_eliminate-turf-grass-conserve-water.html

LL, after the past year, I'd be pretty reluctant to take anything that's said on CNBC as having any validity. So now they think a bad jobs report might cause a rise in the market? They could be right, or they could be as wrong as they've been on 9 out of every 10 days for the past year and a half. Like Jon Stewart said, he could have a million bucks today if he'd followed CNBC's advice - provided he had started out with $100 million.

Sweet gentle benevolent thoughts .... beta waves.

KGC...thanks for that link.

Pogo...that Stewart rant was brilliant, wasn't?

Up to now, I've been pretty philosophical about the stock market dive -- figuring that the 30-40 percent hit I've taken in my 401(k) will come back on the upside if I just give it time and don't touch the control rods. But I'm extra touchy right now because I'm wanting to roll it over into an IRA at some point soon and I don't want to lose out on any of that upside by hitting the wrong control rod and betting on the wrong fund, yada, yada...

I'm trying to convince myself that switching it over doesn't amount to writing off the loss I've already taken.

So Lardo, you never elaborated last night and maybe was overlooked with the chaos. What are you into- barefoot, heels, boots, sandals, all of the above?

jamie, she's plenty happy with long grass as long as it's fairly even and uniform more or less - and I like it because the golfers lose their sliced balls in it and every ball I find when I cut the grass is one I don't have to buy for LP. And water conservation is one thing she never worries about since we never water the grass - it's against my religion.

"Sweet gentle benevolent thoughts .... beta waves."

Yes Jamie. And just think how proud Craig will be of us.
(well, maybe not of me, but everyone else) :)

Tony, You make your work sound Glorious. Of course, living in Florida, why wouldn't it be.

We have learned a lot Tony. We always said that was why we were here. To soak up the knowledge.

Hah! OSH, you nailed me!

Actually, I don't really have a foot fetish -- at least not a serious one. I was mainly just trying to change the subject at that point in last night's cacaphony.

That said, I do think women's dress shoes can be like works of art, and I appreciate very stylish or colorfol ones -- and I never hesitate to notice and compliment their owners when I see them. That's the closest I think I come to the clinical definition. That, and I probably wouldn't turn down Uma Thurman if she asked me to give her a foot massage. :)

RFLMAO pogo!

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Ha,Chloe
Yes it is glorious,its hard work but every clients place always looks better when you leave,instant gratification....Oh the pay is good too....

good pay, you set your own hours, and it keeps you in shape.

Hey all
Any one know how Patsi is doing?I thought I read she was going out of town or was it she was having a visitor from out of town?

Lard- LOL! I brought it up using the same tactic, but was also curious. Foot fetiches are rather fun!

Tony- I think she is going out of town tomorrow, could be wrong though.

I've miss Patsi I thought she was just busy, because of work her publisher piled on her. Not sure.

Speaking of work, I better get some of mine done I've spent way more time here than I should have today. It's been fun.

Citigroup is now at $1.01 a share, down from an April high of around $27 and a 2007 high of around $56.

Gee, wouldn't it be a pity if shareholders now got "wiped out" by nationalization (as if).

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2009/03/how-to-be-a-better-commenter.html#comment-207016

Chloe
Your right! That's what we tell are selves all the time.Now if I could train someone to fill in for me while I take a month and go visit my friend in Australia with another week to stop off in LA for a visit with Ismael and Clinton...5 weeks off to travel that's all I want,HA HA.....

CNBC -
March 11 is the 1 year annv. of Jim Cramer telling everyone that Bear Sterns was just fine, it collapsed 6 days later.

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Thanks Sea!

chloe - grinning. I really do try.

LL, yes, Stewart's rant was positively inspired. I chuckle a bit about the financial advice people are getting - and believing. We've got a CFO here who assiduously avoids giving advice, right up until he tells you what he woudl do "if he were in your position." He's as full of shit as a Christmas goose. I guess he's right about investing for the long term, taking your goals into account, and all sorts of other financial cliches he utters given half a minute. Of course if one of your goals is to actually have money in your retirement accounts when you retire, his nonadvice lately doesn't seem to make a lot of sense. To me 3% to 11% looks a lot better than -40%, but then I never took finance or investment courses. I wonder, does "growth fund" really intend to include 40% losses in a year?

Patsi is out of town on business I think but will return.

"....it started with a perceived slight and attack against the perceived slighter and defense of the slightee, defense of the slighter, escalation of the conflict, poo slinging, and on and on."

pogo, your recap deserves illustration. here's mine and maybe others with superior emoticon skills can do better.

(:- -:) *?*

(:- (:- o:)

(:- (:- (:- -:) -:) *!!!!*

!~#@*&%~!

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Thanks KGC!

hey everyone.... had a great day of shopping with my mother-in-law.... didn't buy much..... but Rick made up for it yesterday with buying a new pair of skis....

I think lawns are for suckers.... we kinda sorta have one that gets mowed every now and then....

we will be leaving shortly for dinner at a great Italian restaurant.... bottles of wine are 50% off..... can't wait to see what kind of old vine zin they carry...

everyone have a great night.... don't let the vampires bite..... :0)

A lot of the public pension funds are underfunded in mega-amounts because they over estimated the rate if return on investments by quite a lot. The contribution percentage will have to be upped a lot especially since there are going to less employees paying.

Everywhere there seem to be more signs of trouble then recovery at this point. Although tourism in this area seems to be good.

Pogo, I've always thought 5-pct above the rate of inflation is a good long-term goal. And, achievable as well. I think of the long-term as being the period between the date individual investments start and date of retirement.

Butterflies, Bunnies, babies, beautifuly stuff

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Tony, Patsi said she would be gone for three days but will pop in when she returns.

Things gettin' so humane round this swamp, us folks will have to take up eatin' MUD TURKLES!

Horroars! A cannibobble!

pat, RFLMFAO !!! With a month and an emoticon lexicon, I would still be a month from figuring the middle 2 out.

Colorado, Just returned from getting Shallots--my mistake on the Dried Blood prices--it has doubled since last year--$40 for 18 pounds and as you say the smaller the container the pricier.

Yes Oldseahag it is stinky but one doesn't have to pee on a cinder block to keep the deer away.

$2.59 per kilogram of shallots.

Well, all, I leave the care and feeding of this cornewr of the blogosphere in your hands for the evening. Hve fun, and happy trails to you 'til we meet a----gin.

wonder what Mexico's border policy will be when
americans start walking south across the border
in search of jobs and a higher standard of living

Posted by: Jamie | March 5, 2009 8:50 AM : "You always hear this mantra from Conservatives that liberals hate rich people. No what we hate is greed and the abuse of others and those who reward themselves way beyond their worth by gouging others."

Wonderful post, Jamie. I love cows, but it never stopped me from milking them.

The Hotline's recent polls show Obama retaining is popularity and all other Democrats not so much. Republicans showing some gain -although I find that incredible.
http://hotlineoncall.nationaljournal.com/archives/2009/03/diageohotline_s_1.php

mqw
I know from reports in California - a lot less people are coming here from Mexico...your scenario may not be far behind.

Animal- I don't care about odor in the garden, I fertilize with fish emulsion. Whenever used the blood in my gardens, I always seemed to have problems with voles afterwards.

My my my, I do believe Tweety just called Rush Limbaugh an egotistical amoral false god.

I cant help but wonder what the worshipers think when someone points out that their god is really a spiteful little spoiled brat.

Matthews eft himself a nice little wiggle room: No no no I just said that about the award.

mqw

I called a neighbor who helps me once in a while if he is not busy. He was busy but he sent over his cousin. His cousin was just up from Mexico about three months ago. He had only worked one out of those three months. but he said it is worse in Mexico.

Jack

Colorado
"The Biological Furnace" is this your invention? It is very interesting (but not interesting as that guy on Rowan and Martin's Lagh In), interesting as in unique.

fish emulsion

Fish Heads in tuxedos

Sorry , free associating.

Good all-purpose quote by Tweety:

"When you tell a person you don't respect their decision, they're not going to respect your power."

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}:^ {o>
>ol=`<

Whatever Jack said

I also booked marked the Rules,,,but

I think that ---Truth in Reality-- is right on,,,,,those are double bind rules,,,,,like a Mother saying to her son,,,,,,Johny, why can't you be more like Bobby,,,,and then when he is,,,,,,,,Johny ,,If Bobby jumped off a bridge,,would you follow him and jump of also,,,,why can't you think for yourself? Have fun,,,,Fun is in the arguing,,,but like Pogo says with a smile,,,,I argue with my best friend ( we were in the Marines together--on the buddy system,,,but) and it can get a little heated sometimes,,,,but never personal,,,that's the trick to it I think?

I also think that the one that is needed and can,,and does cover all of them is,,,,,,be,,,,CIVIL,,,,to on another!!!

oldseahag,
If you don't mind, what size containers and how much does the fish emulsion go for in your area?
The one thing I've beeen using that has ocean roots is Greensand for good fruit production.

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Thanks Jamie,in all the craziness I missed that.......

Animal -
Yep,
There is a 5 1/2" auger in the center pipe, the wind turns it. It lifts the compost from the bottom of the cone to the top of the pile. It has a set of baffles that get air to all of the pile, via a blower taking air from the greenhouse. The exhaust gases go into the greenhouse, CO2 & Ammonia .......... When the compost is finished, there a door that can be closed the auger lifts the stuff into that angled pipe, it empties onto the potting bench.

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My feelings exactly - Jack

Solar

You can have a civil discussion with anyone as long as the purpose is talk about a difference of opinion. When the purpose of one or the other of the parties is to start a fight, then there is no discussion. At that point, the most viable stand to take is to ignore the provocation completely,

Colorado Bob, excelent-going back o look at the picture. Here's you weel deserved ATTA GUY!

Can't call an inventor Boy even if he is young.

Animal -
The body of that thing is a 60 gallon plastic Coke syrup drum. They are perfect for water harvesting storage .

http://water-diverter-harvester.blogspot.com/

"I also think that the one that is needed and can,,and does cover all of them is,,,,,,be,,,,CIVIL,,,,to on another!!!"
Hi Solar
Yes! I don't think its that hard.I think its easier if we just realize we change few minds.Its important to get your thoughts and opinions out there in the hopes of learning something.Of course its important that the one your debating respects you and allows for differences.Its always a risk.....

Colorado,
Another great idea. No problem with the sediment and kittle bits off the shingles because they seetle to the bottom.
You are very inventive--more power to you.

New post up at my blog. If anyone HERE takes offense, I apologize. I just thought I should attempt a humorous take on all that has happened here.

http://themitchellblog.blogspot.com/2009/03/way-i-hear-it-told-civil-war-of-2009.html

The onus is ultimately on the host. He either needs to learn to tolerate the carnage that will sometimes occur in an open forum such as this and take it in stride, or kick a little ass without apologizing for it. One can't have their cake and eat it, too.

Dam' being a nice boy is tough. O000ooo. I can hardly stand it anymore. ({ :>D )<

I'd better go broil the ox for Sweetie. I'll see all of you angels later.

In the deathless words of Darby Conley, "I could have my fishcake and eat yours, too."

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I look forward to the Ken Burns documentary.

I'm fresh out of fishcakes, bud. Sorry.

Good evening everyone -- I really enjoyed reading back through the comments --- and glad I was able to spark some Mexico memories.

Jamie -- I bet your character is still on the wall at Houssong's. The only thing that's really changed in the last 30 years is the stickers on the windows were taken down in observance of the new millenium.

Pogo -- Once I moved East, Cancun became my new Mexico destination. I have not been there in 10 years, but before that I went down at least once a year. I just loved it. There wasn't a WalMart there -- a Francisco Market filled all of our need for beverage purchases. One of the best times of my life was spent snorkeling in Xcaret on Christmas Day. Xcaret was pretty primitive back then -- only a tiki shack that rented snorkeling equipment and sold Pepsi 0-- but the best snorkeling ever.

mqw - People have been doing a reverse migration to Mexico for years and years. Ensenada was mostly ex-pats. Same with Rosarita Beach. In fact, a former Clintonista friend is now an expat in Rosarita. We were worried about her when we heard about the murders in TJ, but she reports that Rosarita is perfectly safe and she loves living down there.

Hi Everyone.. just wanted to say Jon Stewart was SO dead-on last night... why does it take a 'fake' news show to come up with real news? I can't post a link to the full episode (because of those nasty cross-border network licensing issues) but if you go to http://www.thedailyshow.com/ i think you can access full episodes. He was just so damn good.

Jamie ,,,agreed ,,,read my warnings from last night, I said ignore,,,ignore,,ignore

I belong to a few FTA sites, they only have one rule,,,,no flaming other members,,,,and it is up to the owner of that site to send the offender to jail time,,,for a period of time,,,no discussion is made by the others ...he just goes,,,for lets say two weeks ,and he is then let out of jail,,,and no discussion,when he returns there is no one rehashing old bs,,,takes away from what we are there for,,if he breaks that one rule 3 times he is not allowed there anymore,,,now the reason that he will or won't break the flaming rule is that there is something that he wants out of that groups thinking,,,or enjoys the people there,,they all ignore them if they come back,,,,and eventually they go away and never return. There was another blog allowed here at TM,,and that created the illusion of parity for that other blog I think,,and there is where I see where the problem began, so now,,,you are right ,,,,you have to ignore him. If any one defends him ignore that also,,,ignore direct questions,,,so I guess there are two things that I will do,,,,,is be Civil,,,and ignore,hope that is my last word on this,,Oh, and we n ever defend the one doing the flaming,,,friend or not, like I don't agree with what he/she said,but,he/she is a good person,smart funny. wrong is wrong,,,hardly ever anyonesever in FTA jail ,,,the owner Moderator is the first and last word,,, thanks

Antonio,,,como estas,,,,

64 degrees here today,,and I was sweating out side doing some work,,in the yard,,,about 65,,to 75 is perfect for me,,,,and I would not get mad if it was like that all year long. What are you up skinny? :-j

Divalicious

When we weren't on the rancho about 8 miles north of Ensenada, we were either in Hussongs or on Robert Coogan's boat out in the harbor.

For the babies on the blog, Robert was the less famous child star brother of child star Jackie Coogan in the 1930s. Robert acted into the 1960s off and on and then retired on his boat and became a star of great cuisine in a galley and writing for boating magazines. He passed away in 1978.

http://www.fandango.com/robertcoogan/filmography/p14677

http://www.classicmoviekids.com/images/c/cooganrobert/cooganrobert302.jpg

hardly any one serves jail time in the FTA site that should read,,,sorry

Solar...thanks for that perspective. It's definitely helpful and meaningful.

The man some have dubbed 'Guitar Hero" brought his guitar to work last night and practiced during break. It gave the lunchroom a "James Taylor" kind of feel. I don't know if any of you saw it last night, but PBS aired a concert special of trumpeter Chris Botti and friends last night. Chris had various artists perform with him last night. Steven Tyler singing "Smile", Katherine McPhee singing "I've Got You Under My Skin", Yo Yo Ma, Josh Groban etc... performing as well as John Mayer who was dressed in a suit and singing some standard that I didn't quite know, but I was very impressed by his singing. The DVD comes out on March 31st.

The man some have dubbed 'Guitar Hero" brought his guitar to work last night and practiced during break. It gave the lunchroom a "James Taylor" kind of feel.

--corey

Corey.......tell him that if he keeps pickin' that thing it'll never get well..........

John Mayer & Chris Botti on Letterman

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OnMUdNPBOmM

True! LOL! There's nothing like a guy eating his lunch with a guitar strapped on.

Ghandi's glasses sold for $1.8 million dollars to Indian Businessman.

I really enjoyed Jon Stewart' take on CNBC. His coverage shows how vapid the coverage is by the networiks and cable news stations..

Corey,

Wee Small Hours is my favorite Sinatra album.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_the_Wee_Small_Hours

AC- What size do you want? Mainly they come in quarts, but can probably get larger. There are a couple of good ones, one has fish & seaweed. Let me know if you want some, I get a contractor's discount of 20% and then can ship in a flat rate priority box which saves quite a bit depending on distance. Ooops, just Ifound their website- if their shipping is high would be still willing to ship to you.
http://www.neptunesharvest.com/

{:-l >

Wax on, Wax off

!@$$%%^^&*O))_++

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Hey Solar
Glad you had a beautiful warm day.Its nice when spring peeks through.Did you get those bushes trimmed?Loved the guidelines from the FTA? I think are host runs a Great honest Blog and for those who are unhappy there's a big internet out there....I also had a nice day and after work got my downspout drainage trench dug and the tube buried under the ground.I'm diverting water to the back of the property.I worry about to much water close to the during hurricanes....

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Just a running joke through the day.

Kinda touchy aren't ya

Jack

I read somewhere the Sinatra's albums of the 60's were quite melancholy. Partly due to the fact the music had changed. He and others like him were replaced by The Beatles and others.

It's hard to remember all these rules. I've worked my way down to rule number nine. I thinking of trying to learn just one a day, to make sure I have them in my long term memory.

Rule number 9
"Do not feed the trolls. As in life, there are always those who somehow enjoy surfing the internet to inject pointless vindictiveness. Many are classic passive aggressives who deliberately provoke others into a counterattack followed by acts of martyrdom. Don't let the terrorists win. Do NOT acknowledge these people with refutations, disagreements or even a mention of their screen name -- even when you are directly attacked by name. Responding in kind on their level is exactly what they want you to do. Be assured that your host will take action against chat bullies as soon as possible."

passive aggressive alert!

"deliberately provoke others into a counterattack followed by acts of martyrdom."

"don't let the terroists win"

Tony

Do you have a drain tile system at the footings of your house,,,that feeds into the main sewer line from the city?

It is an art form

I thought the face looked sardonic, What did you see?

Jack

Jack, Did you ever take that picture in your garden today?

"there are always those who somehow enjoy surfing the internet to inject pointless vindictiveness"

Jack

What is the link to your garden page?

I'm glad you asked that Katherine.
I lost it.

)8^{l

"Responding in kind on their level is exactly what they want you to do."

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What are the odds they have the same prescription?

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Looks like a beatnik to me.

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2008 Moustache Champion.

Gupta withdraws surgeon general bid
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0309/19688.html

To the Irish!

*sips favorite beverage*

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Wee Small Hours was one of his most successful albums coming out in 1955. His divorce from Ava Gardner in 1957 probably had more to do with his mood than anything else. Every song on it is about lost love.

Ill tell you why Tony

If you do have one,,that is the good thing,,,,,what you should do with your new line also,,is to install a T perferated drain PVC and some line to the one that connects to the city one,,,and hook up a sump pump to that,,this will help when it gets very wet out side,,but nothing will help if the city sewers are over whelmed,,,then you can use that new sump to direct the water that is backing up into the new one that you just installed,,,,,the bad thing is that you will need to keep it running by having a back up system for your pump,,,generator type of thing,,,,,,,RR will run over and hand carry hers so you can use it HA :-j

I like Chole's :-j the most ,,,not cos she is Chloe ,,but,,,ok thats why cos she is Chloe,,,so what sue me :-j,,,,,and of course I also like SEAS round firm ass too!!! SI Senorita from the Sea. I am not sorry and the Devil made me say that,,,now back to good Solar.

Night everyone.
(shhh...don't say a word)

,"ok thats why cos she is Chloe,,,so what sue me :-j,"

I love you Solar. Nite

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We'll have it all figured out in a few generations, Lard, and then the world will be sorry. Learn to love the bagpipes.

I've always liked that song. For some reason, songs about lost love fare well. Maybe it's because they're easier to relate to. In sad news, my niece Courtney has a friend Adam. Both my niece and Adam have Downs Syndrome. Adam's Mom has been battling cancer. She is now at the Hospice House. They took Adam to say his goodbyes to her. My sister doesn't think Adam is quite sure of what is going on right now.

sleep well

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That works, When I think of sardonic Dick Cavett comes to mind.

Jack

Corey,

I love sad songs. Whenever you feel bad, it sometimes helps to just wallow in it. You can get to a point pretty fast where you just have to laugh at the situation and yourself.

My two favorite songs on the album is Hoagy Carmichael's "I Get Along With Out You Very Well" and
Rogers and Hart's "It Never Entered My Mind"

Chloe, OSH

Got the pictures just haven't had time to go back in the office where I can down load them and post them..

Jack

Sorry to hear about Adam's mother. Depending on his degree of retardation, he may or may not be able to process dying. One young boy I knew thought his mother had gone on vacation and it really didn't register that she wouldn't be back. I hope you niece handles it well and can be a friend to him if he needs it.

Is is father on the scene or does he have other caretakers?

Jack- could you please post your blog- the blogroll is gone.
Solar, you are being very naughty this evening!

It was out there like,,some said,,,,a slow high one,,and I just had to hit it out of the park,,,,,sorry it won't happen again,,,,,,I hope!

LOL!

der blogroll is back on the menu.....

Sturge- thanks, hadn't checked since this afternoon, and did Imus ever say what his "not good" issue is?

I didnt hear him go into it......speaking of imus, I wonder if Helen Thomas will go on the show with CC when the book comes out.......

You'd think Bernie would book the two of them as release date gets closer.

OSH

Jamie also has it listed on her site.

Jack

Thanks Jack, those photos of the butterflies on the buddleia are great!

Don't fear the creeper.

osh......didnt you have a website for your business?

I do.

I think it must be a blog to qualify. Not sure, I asked when Craig was requesting urls but no response

OSH

I need the URL to put up on my site. Got blog buddies back east I might be able to steer your way.

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Where's Sherman when you need him?

Sherman and friend:

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/41/119985284_f2095a4cbd_o.jpg

Thanks Jamie.

Planning a march through Georgia?

OSH

I still need the URL or I can't send them there.

jamie, i emailed it to you.

With U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder announcing last week that the federal government will end raids on marijuana dispensaries in California and other states with medical marijuana laws, it is clear that the tide is turning. Fact regarding marijuana is finally overcoming fiction.

There may be disagreements about what direction to take, but it is clear to everyone involved that our current approach is not working. Regulation allows common-sense controls and takes the marijuana industry out of the hands of unregulated criminals.

As a member of the state Assembly, I believe we must acknowledge reality and bring innovative solutions to the issue of marijuana, not simply wait for the federal government. This is how change happens. Californians lead rather than follow, and we can set an example for the nation as we did on medical marijuana by passing AB390.

Tom Ammiano is an Assembly member from San Francisco.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/03/03/ED05167QS0.DTL&type=printable

I think the reenactors are goofy. And no matter how many times they do it over --the South will never win.

Jamie, guess not, my son replaced my computer today and emails aren't working www.newmoonmagick.net

OSH

Did you send it to webthings at comcast dot net

isn't it funny how the passive-aggressive canine interloper can't start a fight, instead is treated with civility -- and then just leaves! lesson learned folks. IGNORE THE TERRORISTS

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Ozzy Osbourne - Mr. Crowley
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSnj8X1zAZI

OSH

I now have you on my Trailmix list on my site and I'll try to get a picture and link up on the sidebar tomorrow.

Nice and peaceful.
Praise be to those who point out the rules and keep us on the straight and narrow.

(why do I feel I need to create another emoticon here)
}: ^ *)

Jack

I'm out for the night. Have a good night all!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSnj8X1zAZI

More disturbing than funny, but an astute observation nonetheless.

I see all the recipes in the cook book have exspensive stuff.

How about a bit of down home cheap eatin'

Road kill chili,
for hippies,
not vegitarian hippies

A pound of fresh ground road kill, or substitute a 1 lb of cheap ground turkey
3 table spoons or more depending on how spicy you want it of chili powder.
1 teaspoon of cumin
1/2 onion chopped
2 or3 cloves of garlic, mashed in one of those mashers.
1/2 bell pepper chopped
1 can of tomatoes and chilis, kind of like the Rotel ones but look for cheaper ones.
some v8 juice for a little liquid, if you have an open bottle in the fridg. like I did tonight.
or a small can of tomato sauce and water

Combine the meat spices onion and bell pepper. Cook until meat is almost done make sure the meat is crumbly. Add tomatoes and liquid bring to a boil then turn down the heat and simmer.
stir it once it a while but then you know that or soon will learn.

Put 2 cups of brown rice on to cook according to directions on the package.

Serve the chili in a soupbowl over a 1/2 cup of the brown rice. you could have more rice if you like it.

xrep

Cavett never went over much down in the hills, Watching him was a bit like going to the zoo and looking at the strange animals.

Jack

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Gives new meaning to the term, "grill marks".

Talk to you all tomorrow. Over to the Nightshift.

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Hi Solar
Nope I don't have a drain system around the house.I don't know of any houses here in Florida that do.My house is three years old,its cement block and built on a slab.The city requires so much water stay on the property but it puddles to much between the houses for my liking.I have eaves troughs all around the house and I also have city sewers.There are also no basements around that I know of. I always thought it was because the Atlantic is a few miles away and sea level and all.I did have french drains around my house in Michigan and it kept the basement dry...

Obama's safety net: the TelePrompter

http://news.yahoo.com/s/politico/20090305/pl_politico/19663

Champ

That is why you grind it. That gets all the bits of plastic and metal out of the meat. Or gets them small enough that they won't hurt you if you eat it.

Champ
There is an old man I know who survived the depression by selling roadkill sausage. As he said "you just never know, things are going fine, then you take a tern for the wurst."

Jack

In these uncertain economic times, Jack, It's important to consume only meat killed by American cars. We'll make America's highways into a 21st century "victory garden".

Tony,,,I used to have French Maids around the house too , but Judy just couldn't get used to them,,so they had to go,,,,OH French Drains,,,,they are good,,,,but you need to be on high ground for them to work properly,,,or do a lot of digging,,,,,I don't know what code is over by you ,,,but at the time of putting in those cement blocks,,,they could have put in the drain line,,,that is why you have puddles in between houses,,,it is probably down about 3-4 ft in your area (deep) and soft,,,digging a trench is not that hard and connecting to the city line,,wish I was there ,,we could do it together,,,if the city lets you,,,?????

Whskyjack,

Yep. Strange fowl. That night he laid an egg.

Gotta sleep now, 'cuz the morning comes ear....ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.

Loudon Wainwright 3rd, offers us a gourmet banquet

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UejelYnVI3U

Cheeses, champ. All that loud laughter woke me up, again.

May I plagerize the "only meat killed by American cars" line ? Or, are you going to force me to put 'champ' in the credit crawl ?

Tony.....do u have a crawl space/,,,how high is it?

Plagiarize away, my good man; you wouldn't be the first.

Hello XR,,,long time no talk,,,enjoy your post"s a lot,,hope all is well with u!

Just a technical wondering. Is there some way to automate the removal of obnoxious posts or does some intern have to read through our drivel. If it is the later Craig might want to be careful as there are some work conditions OSHA won't tolerate even for interns.

With that thought in my head I'm off to bed.

Jack

A little bedtime story before I retire:

"A hungry fox noticed a juicy bunch of grapes growing high on a grapevine. He leaped. He snapped. Drooling, he jumped to reach them, but try as he might, he could not obtain the tasty prize.

Disappointed by the fruitless efforts he'd made to get the grapes that day, he said, with a shrug, to comfort himself, 'Oh, they were probably sour anyway!' "

http://www.storyarts.org/library/aesops/stories/sour.html

Goodnight, children.

anybody that wants to do something useful and
interesting can go to kiva.org and loan a small
amount of money to the person or persons
of your choice in a third world country .they pool
your money and others together to make small
business loans ' been a member since spring of
07' made 36 loans 32 paid back in full ' 4 still actively
being paid back' doesn't cost much because you
re-loan the same money over and over again. or
you can have it transferred back into your banking
account

i guess everyone has worn themselves slap out''
commenting on commenter's comments must
be exhausting
bless their hearts

pres clinton didn't start kiva but he promotes it every chance he gets '' he thinks it is a great idea'
check it out ''they explain it better than i can

NEW THREAD

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/

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